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False Saxifrage - Telesonix heucheriformis
Other Names:  Telesonix jamesii var. heucheriformis, Boykinia heucheriformis, Boykinia major var. heucheriformis

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Global Rank: G4
State Rank: S4
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General Description
Perennial from a branched caudex covered in old leaf bases. Stems simple, erect to ascending, 4–20 cm. Leaves petiolate, basal and cauline; the blade cordate-orbicular to reniform with shallowly lobed to crenate margins, 1–5 cm wide, pubescent. Inflorescence a leafy-bracteate, glandular panicle. Flowers 5-merous, regular, perfect; sepals erect, 3–5 mm long; petals clawed, the blade obovate, purple (white), 3–5 mm long; stamens 10; ovary partly to wholly inferior; hypanthium campanulate, 4–8 mm long; styles 2. Fruit a capsule with 2 beaks, 6–10 mm long; seeds numerous (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Our plants are variety heucheriformis (Rydb.) Bacig.

Species Range
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Range Comments
AB south to UT, CO and SD (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 35

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Habitat
Cool, moist cliffs, rock slides, more frequent on limestone; montane to alpine (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).


References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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