Chrysosplenium iowense
 
Golden Saxifrage

Plant Bottom

Brockelbank Hill, Highway 980 South of Armit
03-June-2018

The distal 1/3 to 1/6 of the stem is branched, resulting in flowers and upper leaves being clustered at the tip of the stem.

Iowense: Answers to key questions in Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 

central flowers 3-5 mm broad; NOT [central flowers 2-3 mm broad]

sepals spreading; NOT [sepals erect]

outer pair of sepals wider; NOT [sepals of about equal size]

sepals golden-yellow; NOT [sepals green]

stamens 2-8; NOT [stamens 4]

 

Chrysosplenium: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 

herbs; NOT [shrubs]

low plants

leaves and flowers clustered at tip of stem; NOT [flowers in terminal cymes]

leaves reniform; NOT [leaves lanceolate]

leaves crenate; NOT [leaves serrate]

petals absent; NOT [petals generally present]

sepals 4; NOT [sepals 5]

stamens 2-8, mostly 4-7; NOT [stamens 5 or 10]

 

Saxifragaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 

herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

land plants; NOT [water plants]

plants not parasitic on trees, rooted in soil or water; NOT [plants parasitic on branches of trees, leaves reduced to scales]

plants with stems or stemless, but with more than one pair of leaves; NOT [plants stemless with a single pair of large reniform leaves, calyx 3-lobed]

leaves alternate, lower ones sometimes opposite; NOT [leaves opposite]

leaves without stipules; NOT [leaves with stipules free or sheathing the stem]

leaves orbicular or reniform

flowers with only one floral ring, with sepals but not petals

sepals 4

stamens and pistils in each flower; NOT [stamens or pistils in separate flowers on the same plant]

fruit dry when ripe; NOT [fruit fleshy when ripe]