Saxifragaceae
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Heuchera parvifolia / littleleaf alumroot
- subalpine, alpine... on rocks
- clusters of round or kidney-shaped leaves
- leaves lobed, all basal (no stem leaves)
- inflorescences tower over leaves
- clumps of teeny, yellow flowers along a spike-like flowering stalk
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Huechera cylindrica / coral bells
- oval-shaped leaves growing in clumps/tufts - all basal
- leaf edges with small lobes or teeth
- teeny pale yellow, creamy, green or pink flowers on a leafless stem
- flowers more dense at top of spike than lower down
- in woods, on cliff-side ledges, rocky slopes and subalpine meadows
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Lithophragma parviflorum / smallflower woodland star
- small, white (or mauve) flowers with 5 highly disected petals
- up to 14 flowers per stalk, usually much less
- deeply lobed, glandularly pubescent leaves at stem bases
- spring bloomer in a wide variety of habitats
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Micranthes odontoloma / brook saxifrage
- streamsides (or in the streams) especially at higher elevations
- white petals with beautiful red center
- yellow/green spots on the petals
- multiple drooping flowers on foot-long, leafless stems
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Ozomelis stauropetala / side-flowered mitrewort
- teeny, white, star-like flowers spaced out on one side of a leafless stem
- basal leaves, slightly lobed
- understory in moist woods
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Parnassia fimbriata / fringed grass of Parnassus
- ca. 1" flower with obviously fringed, white petals
- flowers look very "complicated"
- thick, rounded basal leaves
- usually in wet places, but also alpine on rocks
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Ribes aureum / golden current
- shrub up to 10 feet tall
- spring bloomer, golden yellow flower in clusters
- small, maple-like leaves
- 1/2 inch berries in late summer, golden to black
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Ribes lacustre / prickly currant
- deeply lobed, maple-like leaves
- prickly stems with spines at nodes
- shrub to ca. 4 feet tall
- teeny cream & purple flowers in dangling clusters in spring
- red berries in late summer maturing to very small black berries
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Telesonix heucheriformis / false saxifrage
- alpine or subalpine
- on scree, rock faces, cliffs, in cracks
- glandular, slightly lobed leaves (common for the family)
- teeny red or purple-ish flowers in large-ish clusters
- blooms in August at high altitudes
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