Micranthes hieracifolia angusticapsula (Micranthes hieracifolia angusticapsula)
Description
Micranthes hieracifolia (common names: hawkweed-leaved saxifrage,hawkweed-leaf saxifrage,stiff stem saxifrage or stiff-stemmed saxifrage) is a species of saxifrage distributed all over the high arctic and some alpine areas like Norway and the Carpathian Mountains,with a few isolated populations in the Central Eastern Alps of Austria and the Massif Central of France.It is generally not very common.It grows to 10?20 cm tall.The leaves are oblong to rhombic,thick,and remotely toothed.The stem is single,stout and thick,and densely glandular.The flowers are produced in dense clusters,small and inconspicuous,with greenish to purplish petals.It grows in meadows,on solifluction soil,and in places with well-developed moss growth.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Saxifragales
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Family: Saxifragaceae
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Genus: Micranthes
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