Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Leptasea cherlerioides (D. Don) Small
Saxifraga cherlerioides D. Don, Trans. I^inn. Soc. 13: 382. 1822. Saxifraga bronchialis minor H. & A. Bot. Beech. Voy. 114. 1832. Saxifraga Pseudo-Burserana Fisch. ; T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1 : 565. 1840. Saxifraga nitida Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2 : 207. 1844. Not S. niiida DC. 1830.
Leaves of the caudices 2.5^.5 mm. long, parchment-like, compactly crowded and converging into globular masses, the blades oblong to oblong-spatulate, spine-tipped, ciliate; flower-stalks 1-3.5 cm. tall, slender, finely glandularpubescent, bearing few leaves, much smaller than those of the caudices ; sepals ovate, 1-1.5 mm. long, sparingly .ciliate, obtuse ; petals white or whitish, oblong, 3 mm. long, clawless; filaments subulate; follicles 3-4 mm. long.
Type locality : Kamtschatka. .
Distribution : Mainland and islands in and about Bering Sea ; also in northeastern Asia.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
