Micranthes spicata

(D. Don.) Small

Spiked saxifrage

SaxifragaceaeLeaves

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The young leaves are eaten in salads and also eaten with seal oil. The very young stems can be eaten when picked before flowering.

Where to Find It

It is a cold temperate plant. It grows in moist rocky places along streams and roadsides.

Alaska, Canada, North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are kidney shaped or oval. They are 8 cm across and have teeth at the edge. The leaf stalks are 18 cm long. The flowers are in clusters at the top of long stalks. Each flower has 5 yellow petals.

Notes

There are about 440 Saxifraga species.

Names & Synonyms

Muchuktulak

Saxifraga spicata D. Don

References (4)

Ager, T. A. & Ager, L. P., 1980, Ethnobotany of the eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology Vol 17. No. 1 pp 26-48 (As Saxifraga spicata)
Heller, C. A., 1962, Wild Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska. Univ. of Alaska Extension Service. p 32 (As Saxifraga spicata)
Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 521 (As Saxifraga spicata)
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Saxifraga spicata)

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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