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Chrysosplenium americanum
In Mount Carleton Provincial Park, New Brunswick, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Saxifragaceae
Genus:	Chrysosplenium
Species:	C. americanum
Binomial name
Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook.

Chrysosplenium americanum, the American golden saxifrage, is a species of golden saxifrage native to eastern North America.

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Its stolons are 0.3-1 mm wide.

Generative characteristics

The androecium consists of 8 stamens with red anthers. The fruits produce 6-16 spherical to ovoid, brown seeds.

Cytology

The diploid chromosome count is 2n = 18, 24.

Ecology

Habitat

It occurs in wet habitats along streams in forests and swamps.

References

1. "Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook". Plants of the World Online.
2. "Chrysosplenium americanum (American Golden Saxifrage): Minnesota Wildflowers". www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
3. "Chrysosplenium americanum (golden-saxifrage): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org.
4. ^ Chrysosplenium americanum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org. (n.d.). Retrieved July 24, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250065920
5. ^ MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. July, 24, 2024 https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/2663

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