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Internal ID UUID643ffe2e4eb8f617003735
Scientific name Micranthes nivalis
Authority (L.) Small
First published in N. Amer. Fl. 22: 136 (1905)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Micranthes kumlienii Small N. Amer. Fl. 22: 144 (1905)
Robertsonia nivalis Link Handbuch 2: 40 (1831)
Saxifraga nivalis L. Sp. Pl. : 401 (1753)
Saxifraga nigricans Willd. ex Sternb. Revis. Saxifrag. , Suppl. 2: 46 (1831)
Saxifraga obtusa Nasarow Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. , n.s., 32: 351 (1924)
Saxifraga longiscapa D.Don Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 388 (1822)
Saxifraga primulifolia Willd. ex Sternb. Revis. Saxifrag. , Suppl. 2: 46 (1831)
Dermasea nivalis Haw. Saxifrag. Enum. : 8 (1821)
Saxifraga nivalis f. longipetiolata Engl. & Irmsch. Pflanzenr. IV, 117: 31 1916
Saxifraga kumlienii Fedde Bot. Jahresber. (Just) 33(1): 613 (1906)
Saxifraga nivalis f. labradorica (Fernald) Polunin J. Bot. 77: 271. 1939
Saxifraga nivalis var. genuina Abrom. Biblioth. Bot. 8, Heft 42, pt. 2: 32. 1899
Saxifraga nivalis var. labradorica Fernald Rhodora 19: 142. 1917
Saxifraga nivalis var. novokschonovii Popov Konspekt Fl. Pober. Baikal 213. 1966
Saxifraga nivalis var. elatior Hartm. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1818: 159 (1818)

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Language Common/alternative name
Czech lomikámen sněžný
Greek μίκρανθος ο χιονώδης
Finnish pahtarikko
Norwegian Bokmål snøsildre
Chinese 雪花虎耳草

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.
Sow seeds immediately as their viability decreases rapidly, or they best germinate when fresh. If stored, seeds might need temperature cycling and patience to germinate.
keep all seed pots x 2 years

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Magadan
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
    • Middle Europe
      • Poland
    • Northern Europe
      • Finland
      • Føroyar
      • Great Britain
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Svalbard
      • Sweden
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador
      • Québec
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Aleutian Islands
      • Greenland
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Nunavut
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000451229
Canadensys 9258
Tropicos 50123345
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160055-2
Open Tree Of Life 600305
NCBI Taxonomy 90606
Nature Serve 2.950153
IPNI 160055-2
iNaturalist 549001
GBIF 5939583
EOL 49895608
Elurikkus 574352
Wikipedia Micranthes_nivalis

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The Role of the Hercynian Mountains of Central Europe in Shaping Plant Migration Patterns in the Pleistocene—A Review Urbaniak J, Kwiatkowski P Plants (Basel) 20-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10537488
doi:10.3390/plants12183317
PMID:37765481
Elevation and plant species identity jointly shape a diverse arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in the High Arctic Rasmussen PU, Abrego N, Roslin T, Öpik M, Sepp S, Blanchet FG, Huotari T, Hugerth LW, Tack AJ New Phytol 15-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9796444
doi:10.1111/nph.18342
PMID:35751540
Contrasting evolutionary origins of two mountain endemics: Saxifraga wahlenbergii (Western Carpathians) and S. styriaca (Eastern Alps) Tkach N, Röser M, Suchan T, Cieślak E, Schönswetter P, Ronikier M BMC Evol Biol 11-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6329101
doi:10.1186/s12862-019-1355-x
PMID:30634910
Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora Saarela JM, Sokoloff PC, Bull RD PeerJ 31-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5300018
doi:10.7717/peerj.2835
PMID:28194307
Plants’ healthiness assessment as part of the environmental monitoring of protected mountainous area in the example of Karkonosze (Giant) Mts. (SW Poland) Pusz W Environ Monit Assess 02-Sep-2016
PMCID:PMC5010597
doi:10.1007/s10661-016-5551-5
PMID:27590881
New Insights into the Microbiota of the Svalbard Reindeer Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Zielińska S, Kidawa D, Stempniewicz L, Łoś M, Łoś JM Front Microbiol 23-Feb-2016
PMCID:PMC4763015
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00170
PMID:26941714

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