[The Saxifrage Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]
Brook Saxifrage, Cordate-leaved Saxifrage, Heartleaf Saxifrage, Saladgreens
Micranthes nelsoniana ssp. nelsoniana
Synonyms: Saxifraga aestivalis, Saxifraga nelsoniana ssp. nelsoniana, Saxifraga punctata, Saxifraga punctata ssp. nelsoniana, Saxifraga punctata var. nelsoniana
Heartleaf saxifrage as seen at the edge of a wetland along the Taiga Trail at Camp Denali, Denali National Park and Preserve...........June 16, 2012.
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Close-ups of the leaf and inflorescence of heartleaf saxifrage as seen at the edge of a wetland along the Taiga Trail at Camp Denali, Denali National Park and Preserve...........June 16, 2012. The tight, capitate inflorescence helps identify this as ssp. nelsoniana. Note also the club-shaped filaments.
Brook saxifrage from atop Camp Ridge above Camp Denali.........June
22, 2002.
A close-up of the flowers of brook saxifrage from atop Camp Ridge
above Camp Denali.........June 22, 2002.
A close-up of the basal leaf of brook saxifrage from
atop Camp Ridge, above Camp Denali.........June 22, 2002.
Paul Slichter
