Family: Saxifragaceae,
Saxifrage
Genus: Boykinia
Description
General: perennial herb from short, thick rootstocks.
Stems 1 to several, 5-20 cm tall, usually glandular-short-
hairy throughout with the hairs considerably longer above,
the upper stems and the flower cluster often light to deep
reddish-purple.
 Leaves: mainly basal, with slender stalks, the blades
kidney-shaped, doubly round-toothed to shallowly lobed
and toothed, 2-5 cm broad. Stem leaves (only 1 or 2 below
the first flowers) considerably reduced. Stipules slightly
expanded, membranous.
 Flowers: about 5-25 in an elongated cluster, often 1-
sided, congested toward the top, with leafy bracts at the
bases. Calyx 9-13 mm long, slightly enlarging in fruit, the
5 lobes ovate-lanceolate to triangular, about 2/5 the total
length of the calyx. Petals 5, reddish-purple, up to 3 mm
long. Stamens 10. Ovary about 1/2 inferior (in fruit slightly
less), the styles ultimately surpassing the calyx lobes.
Flowering time: July-August.
 Fruits: capsules with brown seeds, shiny, more or less
oblong, 1-2 mm long.
Distribution
Moist rock crevices and talus slopes, usually on limestone,
montane to alpine zone, in w. and c. parts of MT. Also from
Alberta to ID, WY, CO, UT, NV and SD.
 Medicinal plant: see below. |
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