early saxifrages

genus Micranthes

Member of early saxifrage tribe (tribe Micrantheae)
saxifrage family (family Saxifragaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

Except for old historical records and extremely rare examples that I don't expect to encounter, there are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.

california saxifrage
Micranthes californica

leaf blade shallowly toothed
inflorescence ± open, often 1-sided
flowers not clustered to loosely clustered
anthers purple to red (rarely orange)
petal length ± 2 × sepals

wholeleaf saxifrage
Micranthes integrifolia

leaf blade ± entire to minutely toothed
inflorescence never 1-sided
flowers loosely to densely clustered
anthers generally yellow to orange
petal lengths < 1.7 × sepals

1 observed taxon / 1 unobserved taxon / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 4 (all are research grade)

Locations:

Henry Coe SP: 2
Almaden Quicksilver CP
Stevens Creek CP

Months:

Mar.: 3
Apr.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora