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FNA Vol. 8 | Saxifragaceae  15. Jepsonia Small, Bull. Torrey
Bot. Club. 23: 18, plate 256. 1896.  [For Willis Linn Jepson,
1867-1946, California botanist] [For Willis Linn Jepson,
1867-1946, California botanist]  Debra K. Trock  Herbs,
(acaulescent, heterostylous), not rhizomatous, not
stoloniferous; caudex branched or unbranched, ovoid or flat,
cormlike, fleshy, without scales. Flowering stems (usually
appearing in autumn or winter after basal leaves have withered),
erect or ascending, leafless, 3-28 cm, stipitate-glandular,
slightly viscid. Leaves in basal rosette and cauline; stipules
present; petiole stipitate-glandular; blade ovate to
suborbiculate or orbiculate-reniform, shallowly lobed, base
cordate, ultimate margins crenate with callous-apiculate teeth,
apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces hairy; venation palmate.
Inflorescences cymose panicles, (origin of inflorescences not
readi