Calflora: Micranthes californica

Micranthes californica (Greene) Small

Greene's saxifrage

Micranthes californica, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Feb--May(Jun)

Communities:	Coastal Sage Scrub, Closed-cone Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral
Elevation:	between 0 and 7500 feet
Family:	SAXIFRAGACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Micranthes found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2

Other Names:
(according to)

TJM2:	Saxifraga virginiensis
TJM2:	Saxifraga californica

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 24 / 19 CCH Amador: 5 / 4 CCH Butte: 40 / 35 CCH Calaveras: 7 / 7 CCH Contra Costa: 19 / 11 CCH Colusa: 2 / 2 CCH El Dorado: 28 / 24 CCH Fresno: 18 / 12 CCH Glenn: 3 / 2 CCH Humboldt: 10 / 9 CCH Kern: 19 / 14 CCH Lake: 11 / 8 CCH Los Angeles: 43 / 33 CCH Madera: 2 / 1 CCH Mendocino: 15 / 8 CCH Merced: 4 / 3 CCH Mono: 1 / 1 CCH Monterey: 35 / 16 CCH Mariposa: 15 / 11 CCH Marin: 33 / 16 CCH Napa: 27 / 16 CCH Nevada: 5 / 2 CCH Orange: 7 / 2 CCH Placer: 19 / 16 CCH Plumas: 5 / 4 CCH Riverside: 25 / 18 CCH Sacramento: 6 / 3 CCH Santa Barbara: 56 / 50 CCH San Bernardino: 10 / 9 CCH San Benito: 19 / 11 CCH Santa Clara: 31 / 26 CCH Santa Cruz: 13 / 8 CCH San Diego: 44 / 39 CCH San Francisco: 3 / 0 CCH Shasta: 10 / 6 CCH Sierra: 3 / 2 CCH Siskiyou: 7 / 6 CCH San Luis Obispo: 30 / 27 CCH San Mateo: 8 / 1 CCH Solano: 14 / 9 CCH Sonoma: 29 / 10 CCH Stanislaus: 11 / 10 CCH Sutter: 8 / 6 CCH Tehama: 14 / 12 CCH Trinity: 5 / 4 CCH Tulare: 11 / 9 CCH Tuolumne: 10 / 8 CCH Ventura: 20 / 15 CCH Yolo: 8 / 7 CCH Yuba: 1 / 1 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Micranthes californica from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)