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Micranthes mertensiana is a small subshrub from western North America that grows on mossy rocks and cliffs in cool subalpine and subarctic areas. It needs cool, moist conditions and good drainage to do well.
Micranthes mertensiana, the wood saxifrage or Mertens' saxifrage, is a species of flowering plant in the Saxifragaceae family. It is a subshrub native to western North America, which ranges from Alaska to Montana and California. It grows on mossy rocks and cliffs in subalpine areas. In California it grows in the Klamath Ranges, outer North Coast Ranges, and northern and central Sierra Nevada generally above 2,500 metres elevation.
Sierra Saxifrage · Bud Saxifrage · California Saxifrage · Rusty Saxifrage · Hawkweed Leaved Saxifrage · Howell's Saxifrage · Wholeleaf Saxifrage · Branch Lettuce · Nelson's saxifrage · Peak Saxifrage · Alpine Saxifrage · Alberta Saxifrage
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Micranthes mertensiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
