Micranthes mertensiana, the wood saxifrage or Mertens' saxifrage, is a species of flowering plant in the Saxifragaceae family. It is a subshrub native to western North America, which ranges from Alaska to Montana and California. It grows on mossy rocks and cliffs in subalpine areas. In California it grows in the Klamath Ranges, outer North Coast Ranges, and northern and central Sierra Nevada generally above 2,500 metres elevation.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Wood saxifrage being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sullivantia sullivantii
- Micranthes nelsoniana
- Micranthes odontoloma
- Sullivantia oregana
- Micranthes marshallii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Saxifraga
- Species
- Saxifraga mertensiana
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