长白亭阁草 Micranthes laciniata

  • Scientific Name: Micranthes laciniata (Nakai & Takeda) S.Akiyama & H.Ohba
  • Ref: J. Jap. Bot. 87:237. 2012
  • Synonym: Saxifraga furumii Nakai, S. laciniata Nakai & Takeda, S. takedana Nakai
  • Chinese Common Name: 长白亭阁草 Chángbái tínggé∙cǎo, 长白虎耳草 Chángbái hǔ’ěr∙cǎo
  • Japanese Common Name: クモマユキノシタ [雲間雪の下] kumomayukinoshita
  • Family: Saxifragaceae
  • Genus: Micranthes
  • Distribution: Meadows, rock crevices; 2300-2600 m. Jilin [Japan, Korea, Russia (Sakhalin)].
  • Photo: 07/16/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin
Stem 6-26 cm tall, glandular piliferous. Leaves usually spatulate, 1.3-3 cm × 4-10 mm, subcarnose, adaxially glandular piliferous, margin entire proximally, coarsely 5-8-serrate distally, glandular ciliate, apex acute. Inflorescence corymbose, 1.7-13 cm, 5-7-flowered; branches and pedicels glandular pubescent; bracts lanceolate or linear, 2-12 mm. Sepals reflexed, ovate, 2.3-2.5 × ca. 1.5 mm, subcarnose, glabrous, veins 3, confluent at apex, apex acute. Petals white, proximally with 2 yellow spots, ovate or narrowly so to oblong, 3-4.5 × 1.8-2 mm, 3-5-veined, base contracted into a claw 1-1.1 mm, apex subobtuse or acute. Stamens ca. 3 mm; filaments subulate. Ovary subsuperior, green, ovoid, 2-2.5 mm; styles ca. 0.2 mm. Capsule 5-7 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 20. (Flora of China)

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