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Micranthes hieracifolia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Saxifragaceae

Scientific name
  
Saxifraga hieracifolia

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Saxifragales

Genus
  
Micranthes

Higher classification
  
Rockfoils

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Similar
  
Rockfoils, Saxifraga rivularis, Micranthes nivalis, Saxifraga flagellaris, Saxifraga cernua

Micranthes hieracifolia (common names: hawkweed-leaved saxifrage, hawkweed-leaf saxifrage, stiff stem saxifrage or stiff-stemmed saxifrage) is a species of saxifrage distributed all over the high arctic and some alpine areas like Norway and the Carpathian Mountains, with a few isolated populations in the Central Eastern Alps of Austria and the Massif Central of France. It is generally not very common.

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It grows to 10–20 cm tall. The leaves are oblong to rhombic, thick, and remotely toothed. The stem is single, stout and thick, and densely glandular. The flowers are produced in dense clusters, small and inconspicuous, with greenish to purplish petals.

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It grows in meadows, on solifluction soil, and in places with well-developed moss growth.

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References

Micranthes hieracifolia Wikipedia