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BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary


Micranthes hieraciifolia
hawkweed-leaved saxifrage



 
Scientific Name: Micranthes hieraciifolia (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Haw.
Scientific Name Synonyms: Saxifraga hieraciifolia
English Name: hawkweed-leaved saxifrage
 
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference: Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Classification Level: Species
Taxonomy Comments: Following FNA Editorial Committee. 2009. Vol 8.
Species Group: Vascular Plant
Species Code: MICRHIE
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
Plantae Anthophyta Dicotyledoneae Rosales Saxifragaceae
   
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status: G4G5 (Dec 2017)
Provincial Status: S2S3 (Apr 2019)
BC List: Blue
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Ecology & Life History
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(Type / Subtype / Dependence)
Alpine/Tundra / Tundra / Facultative - frequent use
Grassland/Shrub / Meadow / Facultative - frequent use
Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Facultative - occasional use
Provincial Habitat Comments: The population at Chase is in Ponderosa pine parkland. All other occurrences, in extreme northern BC, are in the alpine zone.
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Provincial Inventory
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Distribution
Endemic: N
Disjunct, more common elsewhere: N
Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: N
 
Authors / Contributors
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Provincial Information Author: Hartwell, S.
Last Updated: Nov 08, 2007
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References and Related Literature
Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp.
Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, eds. 2000. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 5, Dicotyledons (Salicaceae through Zygophyllaceae) and Pteridophytes. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, and B.C. Minist. For., Victoria. 389pp.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
 

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Micranthes hieraciifolia. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).