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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Astilbe biternata   FAMILY Saxifragaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astilbe biternata   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Astilbe biternata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Astilbe biternata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-07-001:

Astilbe biternata   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Astilbe biternata

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe


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image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_asbi4_001_lvd

        

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm120421_140

April    Hendersonvlle County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm070526_069

May    Polk County    NC

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm070526_089

May    Polk County    

Black Cohosh on the left; False Goatsbeard on the right.

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm090503_019

May    Polk County    NC

Astilbe has a hairy upper stem, whereas Aruncus is smooth, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm090503_048

May    Polk County    NC

Terminal leaflets are acuminate and usually 3-lobed with a cordate base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE compound leaves of woodland herbs, with toothed margins

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm090503_064

May    Polk County    NC

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm120517_908

May    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm140519_882

May    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3441

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm0506c_30

June    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm090711_030

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm090711_034

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Fruit erect, lanceolate follicles, 0.15-.2" long, borne on a large panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm200717_6622

July    Jackson County    NC

Nantahala National Forest

Flowers in a pyramid-shaped, branching inflorescence held above the leaves, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Astilbe biternata, Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Appalachian Astilbe

JK Marlow    jkm0308v_02

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Lateral leaflets ovate, elliptic, 3-lobed or lobed on one side, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Cohosh, Doll's-eyes, and Goatsbeard

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Astilbe biternata   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astilbe biternata   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Astilbe biternata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Astilbe biternata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-07-001:
Astilbe biternata   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Astilbe biternata

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: cove forests, seepage slopes, boulderfield forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals (or petals absent in pistillate flowers)
8-10 stamens
Bisexual or unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
A partly fused 2-locular capsule or separate as 2 follicles

 

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