Saxifraga mertensiana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Saxifraga
Subgenus: S. subg. Saxifraga
Sectio: S. sect. Heterisia
Species: Saxifraga mertensiana
Name

Saxifraga mertensiana Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, 'Sci. Math. 2: 141. 1832.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Heterisia mertensiana (Bong.) Small, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 156. 1905.
Micranthes mertensiana (Bong.) Rosend., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37(2, Beibl. 83): 71. 1905.

Heterotypic
Heterisia eastwoodiae Small, N. Amer. Fl. 22: 156. 1905.
Saxifraga eastwoodiae (Small) Fedde, Just's Bot. Jahresber. 33(1[3]): 613. 1905.
Saxifraga mertensiana f. eastwoodiae (Small) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 93: 646. 1966.
Saxifraga mertensiana var. bulbillifera Engl. & Irmsch. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, Fam. 117 1: 15. 1916.
Saxifraga mertensiana var. eastwoodiae (Small) Engl. & Irmsch. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, Fam. 117 I: 15. 1916.
Saxifraga mertensiana var. glandipilosa H.St.John & Hardin, Mazama 11: 77. 1929.

References

Bongard, A.G.H. v. (1832) Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 141.
eFloras 2008. Saxifraga mertensiana in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Saxifraga mertensiana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: wood saxifrage

Saxifraga mertensiana, the wood saxifrage[1] or Mertens' saxifrage, is a species of plant in the Saxifragaceae family. It is native to western North America.
References

USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Saxifraga mertensiana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 6 November 2015.