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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Saxifragaceae
Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook.
American golden saxifrage
Chrysosplenium: Greek chrysos for "gold" and splen for "spleen" probably referring to some medicinal property
americanum: for America
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | matting, perennial, 1"-3" tall forb with many branches |
| Flower: | yellow to greenish, 4-parted, 1/8" wide; solitary at the ends of the branches; blooms April-June |
| Leaf: | oval to round, on short stalks, lower leaves opposite, upper leaves alternate |
| Habitat: | shade; wet; springs; in muddy soil |
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