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Bensoniella oregona
(Abrams & Bacig.) C.V.Morton
Family:
Saxifragaceae
Oregon Bensoniella
FNA
Resources
Elizabeth Fortson Wells, Patrick E. Elvander in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Leaves:
petiole 2-15 cm; blade 2-5 cm.
Racemes
scapose, 20-40 cm, sparsely glandular-stipitate proximally, more densely glandular-stipitate distally.
Flowers:
hypanthium campanulate, 2-4 mm, short stipitate-glandular; sepals erect, oblong, 1.5-2.5 mm, apex rounded, short stipitate-glandular marginally; petals linear, threadlike, sometimes coiled, unlobed, 1.5-2 mm; stamens 3 mm, exserted 2 mm; styles 2-3 mm, exserted 2 mm.
Capsules
globose, (1.8-)2-2.7 mm.
Seeds
40-50, 0.8-0.9 mm.
2
n
= 14.
Flowering May-Aug. Wet meadows, bogs, shady fir forests; 1000-1600 m; Calif., Oreg.
Bensoniella oregona
is found in the mountains from Humboldt County, California, to Douglas County, Oregon.
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