Definition of Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

1. Noun. Plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho.

Exact synonyms: Leatherleaf Saxifrage
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Leptarrhena, Leptarrhena

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leptarrhena Pyrolifolia

Lepisma saccharina
Lepismatidae
Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus
Lepisosteus osseus
Lepista irina
Lepomis
Lepomis gibbosus
Lepomis macrochirus
Lepomis punctatus
Lepontic
Lepore haemoglobin
Leporidae
Leptarrhena
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia (current term)
Leptinotarsa
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Leptodactylidae
Leptodactylus
Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Leptoglossus
Leptolithic
Leptopteris
Leptopteris superba
Leptoptilus
Leptoptilus crumeniferus
Leptoptilus dubius
Leptospira

Literary usage of Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"... Leptarrhena pyrolifolia. Saxifrage Family Sterne: six to fifteen inches high, rigid, with one or two small leaves with sheathing petioles. ..."

2. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1896)
"Only other record, Hamilton, Ont. Leptarrhena pyrolifolia, R . Br. Additional stations for this species are: mountains in the vicinity of West ..."

3. Subcutaneous Surgery: Its Principles, and Its Recent Extension in Practice by William Adams (1878)
"PI. Wheeler, 38. Hook. f. Bot, Mag. t. 6142. LEPTARRHENA pyrolifolia. R. Brown, Parry's 1st Voy. 273. Hook. FL Bor.-Am. 1. 250, t. 89. ..."

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