Photos: © Doug McGrady

Our Mystery Plant for March blooms in spring on cliffs, ledges and rocky areas. With a basal rosette of attractive egg-shaped leaves, and branched cluster of brilliant white flowers this 4-to-12 inch tall plant makes a good rock-garden ornamental, and it is easy to identify in the wild. (Note: the Genus has changed since Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide was published in 1977, so please search GoBotany before submitting your guess.)

It is…

Botanical Name: Micranthes virginiensis
Common Name: early small-flowered-saxifrage
Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Habitat: cliffs, ledges and rocky areas

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