About Micranthes aprica (Greene) Small
Micranthes aprica (Greene) Small is a species of flowering plant with the common name Sierra saxifrage. This plant is native to high mountain regions of California, including the Sierra Nevada and the southern Cascade Range, as well as adjacent slopes in southern Oregon and western Nevada. It grows in mountain habitats with alpine climates, including meadows and areas alongside snowmelt streams. It is a perennial herb that stays dormant for most of the year to conserve water, and it flowers rarely. It grows a small basal rosette of gray-green, toothed, oval leaves that reach around 4 centimeters in maximum length. When it does bloom, it produces an erect inflorescence on a peduncle several centimeters tall, which is topped with a cluster of flowers. Each individual flower has five sepals, five small white petals, and a clump of whiskery stamens at its center.
