Chrysosplenium iowense
 
Golden Saxifrage

Flower Top/Side

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

The four sepals are spreading, not erect, and the two outer sepals are wider than the two inner ones.  The sepals are greenish golden-yellow, not green.  This flower has five stamens.  In general, the flowers of this species have two to eight stamens.  There are two styles.

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Iowense: Answers to key questions in Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 
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central flowers 3-5 mm broad; NOT [central flowers 2-3 mm broad]

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sepals spreading; NOT [sepals erect]

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

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sepals golden-yellow; NOT [sepals green]

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stamens 2-8; NOT [stamens 4]

 

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Chrysosplenium: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 
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herbs; NOT [shrubs]

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low plants

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

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leaves reniform; NOT [leaves lanceolate]

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leaves crenate; NOT [leaves serrate]

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petals absent; NOT [petals generally present]

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sepals 4; NOT [sepals 5]

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

 

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Saxifragaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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land plants; NOT [water plants]

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

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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]

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

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

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leaves orbicular or reniform

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

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sepals 4

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

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