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Lettuceleaf Saxifrage
Saxifragaceae

Lettuceleaf Saxifrage

Micranthes micranthidifolia (Haw.) Small

Micranthes micranthidifolia is a saxifrage native to the southeastern US that grows in wet mountain stream areas.

Western Saxifrage
Saxifragaceae

Western Saxifrage

Micranthes occidentalis (S.Watson) Small

Micranthes occidentalis, commonly mountain saxifrage, is a herbaceous perennial found in western North America, most often at higher altitudes.

Brook Saxifrage
Saxifragaceae

Brook Saxifrage

Micranthes odontoloma (Piper) A.Heller

Micranthes odontoloma, or brook saxifrage, is an edible perennial flowering herb native to western North America.

Oregon Saxifrage
Saxifragaceae

Oregon Saxifrage

Micranthes oregana (Howell) Small

Micranthes oregana, or Oregon saxifrage, is a native perennial flowering herb of western North America that grows in moist habitats.

Swamp Saxifrage
Saxifragaceae

Swamp Saxifrage

Micranthes pensylvanica (L.) Haw.

Micranthes pensylvanica is an early summer-flowering plant that is rare in several of its native U.S. states but not endangered overall.

Cliff Saxifrage
Saxifragaceae

Cliff Saxifrage

Micranthes petiolaris (Raf.) Brouillet & Gornall

Micranthes petiolaris, or cliff saxifrage, is a perennial flowering plant native to the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

Rustyhair Saxifrage
Saxifragaceae

Rustyhair Saxifrage

Micranthes rufidula Small

Micranthes rufidula, or rustyhair saxifrage, is a white-flowered perennial herb native to mountainous western North America.

Hairy Kidney-wort
Saxifragaceae

Hairy Kidney-wort

Micranthes stellaris (L.) Galasso, Banfi & Soldano

Micranthes stellaris is an Arctic-alpine flowering plant that grows in damp, often high-elevation environments across Eurasia and North America.

Tolmie's Saxifrage
Saxifragaceae

Tolmie's Saxifrage

Micranthes tolmiei (Torr. & A.Gray) Brouillet & Gornall

Micranthes tolmiei, or Tolmie's saxifrage, is a small alpine perennial herb native to western North America.

Virginia saxifrage
Saxifragaceae

Virginia saxifrage

Micranthes virginiensis (Michx.) Small

Micranthes virginiensis, or Virginia saxifrage, is a spring-flowering herbaceous plant that grows on rocks, cliffs, and logs.

Swordleaf Combflower
Iridaceae

Swordleaf Combflower

Micranthus alopecuroides (L.) Eckl.

Micranthus alopecuroides is an endemic perennial geophyte from the Western Cape, in the genus Micranthus.

Microcos
Malvaceae

Microcos

Microcos paniculata L.

Microcos paniculata L. is a flowering shrub used in Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine, often added to Chinese herbal tea.

Microgramma squamulosa (Kaulf.) de la Sota
Polypodiaceae

Microgramma squamulosa (Kaulf.) de la Sota

Microgramma squamulosa (Kaulf.) de la Sota

Microgramma squamulosa is an epiphytic fern endemic to Brazil, known for interacting with a gall-inducing gelechiid moth.

Weeping-grass
Poaceae

Weeping-grass

Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br.

Microlaena stipoides is a perennial Australian grass used for pasture, turf, and emerging as an edible perennial grain crop.

hay-scented fern
Dennstaedtiaceae

hay-scented fern

Microlepia strigosa (Thunb.) C.Presl

Microlepia strigosa (palapalai) is a tropical fern with traditional cultural uses in Hawaii.

Rockcandy Minimouth
Apocynaceae

Rockcandy Minimouth

Microloma sagittatum (L.) R.Br.

Microloma sagittatum is a thin climbing plant with distinct features native to western South African provinces.

Wax Minimouth
Apocynaceae

Wax Minimouth

Microloma tenuifolium (L.) K.Schum.

Microloma tenuifolium is a thin climbing plant with slender leaves that grows in parts of South Africa's Cape provinces.

yerba buena
Lamiaceae

yerba buena

Micromeria douglasii Benth.

Clinopodium douglasii is an aromatic mint family perennial herb native to western North America with traditional Indigenous uses.

Fringed heath myrtle
Myrtaceae

Fringed heath myrtle

Micromyrtus ciliata (Sm.) Druce

This page describes the morphology of Micromyrtus blakelyi and the distribution and habitat of Micromyrtus ciliata.

Sagebrush Cholla
Cactaceae

Sagebrush Cholla

Micropuntia pulchella (Engelm.) M.P.Griff.

Micropuntia pulchella is a distinct geophytic North American cactus that grows hidden under shrubs in gravelly alluvial habitats.

prairie false dandelion
Asteraceae

prairie false dandelion

Microseris cuspidata (Pursh) Sch.Bip.

Prairie false dandelion (Microseris cuspidata, syn. Nothocalais cuspidata) is a Great Plains native perennial currently threatened by habitat loss.

Douglas' silverpuffs
Asteraceae

Douglas' silverpuffs

Microseris douglasii (DC.) Sch.Bip.

Microseris douglasii is a variable annual herb with leaf rosettes, ray florets, and characteristic achenes with barbed pappus scales.

grassland silverpuffs
Asteraceae

grassland silverpuffs

Microseris heterocarpa (Nutt.) K.L.Chambers

Microseris heterocarpa is a variable annual herb native to southwestern North America, suspected to be a hybrid of two other plant species.

Yam Daisy
Asteraceae

Yam Daisy

Microseris lanceolata (Walp.) Sch.Bip.

Microseris lanceolata is an Australian alpine yellow-flowered herb, one of the species known as murnong or yam daisy.

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