{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Chrysosplenium americanum.jpg | image_caption = In Mount Carleton Provincial Park, New Brunswick, Canada | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Maiz-Tome, L. |year=2016 |title=''Chrysosplenium americanum'' |article-number=e.T64310648A67729151 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64310648A67729151.en |access-date=7 December 2025}}</ref> | genus = Chrysosplenium | species = americanum | authority = Schwein. ex Hook. }}
'''''Chrysosplenium americanum''''', the '''American golden saxifrage''', is a species of golden saxifrage native to eastern North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:790546-1|title= Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook.|website=Plants of the World Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/american-golden-saxifrage|title=Chrysosplenium americanum (American Golden Saxifrage): Minnesota Wildflowers|website=www.minnesotawildflowers.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/chrysosplenium/americanum/|title=Chrysosplenium americanum (golden-saxifrage): Go Botany|website=gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org}}</ref>
==Description== thumb|right|''Chrysosplenium americanum'' flower with red anthers ===Vegetative characteristics=== Its stolons are 0.3-1 mm wide.<ref name = "FNA">''Chrysosplenium americanum'' in Flora of North America @ efloras.org. (n.d.). Retrieved July 24, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250065920</ref> ===Generative characteristics=== The androecium consists of 8 stamens with red anthers.<ref name = "Michigan Flora" /> The fruits produce 6-16 spherical to ovoid, brown seeds.<ref name = "FNA" />
==Cytology== The diploid chromosome count is 2n = 18, 24.<ref name = "FNA" />
==Ecology== thumb|right|''Chrysosplenium americanum'' growing in a wet habitat ===Habitat=== It occurs in wet habitats along streams in forests and swamps.<ref name = "Michigan Flora">MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. July, 24, 2024 https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/2663 </ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q15604950}}
americanum Category:Flora of Canada Category:Flora of the United States Category:Plants described in 1832
{{Saxifragaceae-stub}}