Brook Saxifrage, Stream Saxifrage, Streambank Saxifrage
Micranthes odontoloma
Synonyms: Saxifraga arguta, Saxifraga odontoloma, Saxifraga punctata ssp. arguta, Saxifraga punctata var. arguta
![Flower of Brook Saxifrage, Stream Saxifrage, Streambank Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma (Synonyms: Saxifraga arguta, Saxifraga odontoloma, Saxifraga punctata ssp. arguta, Saxifraga punctata var. arguta)](odontoloma/saxifragaodonto7.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up side-view
of a flower of brook saxifrage as seen in meadows along the Killen Creek Trail
#113 about one-half mile below the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 on the northern
side of Mt. Adams...............August 7, 2005. Note the gland-tipped hairs
on the pedicel and sepals.
![Flower of Brook Saxifrage, Stream Saxifrage, Streambank Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma (Synonyms: Saxifraga arguta, Saxifraga odontoloma, Saxifraga punctata ssp. arguta, Saxifraga punctata var. arguta)](odontoloma/saxifragaodont7.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up view of a flower of brook saxifrage
as seen in meadows along the Killen Creek Trail #113 about one-half mile below
the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 on the northern side of Mt. Adams..........August
7, 2005. Note the ovate to rounded petals which narrow abruptly to the claw
and the 2 yellow spots at the base of the petal blade. Also note the 10 wide,
petal-like stamens.
![Basal leaf of Brook Saxifrage, Stream Saxifrage, Streambank Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma (Synonyms: Saxifraga arguta, Saxifraga odontoloma, Saxifraga punctata ssp. arguta, Saxifraga punctata var. arguta)](odontoloma/saxiodontlf1.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of basal leaf
of brook saxifrage as seen in small streams running into Hellroaring Creek in
Tract D of the Yakama Nation at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July
1, 2005. The leaf blades of this species have margins that are once-toothed.
![Brook Saxifrage, Stream Saxifrage, Streambank Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma (Synonyms: Saxifraga arguta, Saxifraga odontoloma, Saxifraga punctata ssp. arguta, Saxifraga punctata var. arguta)](odontoloma/odontoloma07-07-2021.jpg)
Brook saxifrage in bloom along upper West Fork Morrison Creek where the Shorthorn Trail #16 crosses it, Mt. Adams Wilderness.....July 7, 2021.
Paul Slichter