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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Tiarella austrina   FAMILY Saxifragaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Tiarella (Saxifragaceae) in the eastern USA (Nesom, 2021)

Tiarella austrina

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

Tiarella cordifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-12-001b?:

Tiarella cordifolia var. collina   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Escarpment Foamflower, Southern Foamflower


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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_251

        

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Harry Davis    hld1511

March-April    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_239755528627522

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

5 white clawed elliptic petals and 10 conspicuously long stamens with apricot-colored anthers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_247719227633925

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

Flowering stem usually with 1-2 leaves or leaf-like bracts, per New Species of Foamflower (Nesom, 2022).


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image of Tiarella austrina, Escarpment Foamflower, Southern Foamflower

Alan S. Weakley    asw_627261869256633

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_777116654116609

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaves usually with acute-acuminate lobes, terminal lobe prominently extended, per Taxonomy of Tiarella (Saxifragaceae) in the eastern USA (Nesom, 2021).

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Ben Geer Keys    bgk1511_a

April        

Flowers borne in a terminal raceme [thus mature from the bottom up], per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm0404t_20

April    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

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JK Marlow    jkm0404u_06

April    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

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JK Marlow    jkm200422_4045

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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Keith Bradley    kab_t_cordifolia_02869

April    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

Flowers have 10 conspicuously long stamens with apricot-colored anthers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Tiarella austrina, Escarpment Foamflower, Southern Foamflower

Ron Lance    rwl_tiarella_cordifolia

April    Jackson County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm060521_169

May    Macon County    NC

Highlands Biological Station

Two collections with distinctive deeply lobed leaves have been made from Graham Co., NC, per Taxonomy of Tiarella (Saxifragaceae) in the eastern USA (Nesom, 2021).

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JK Marlow    jkm060521_182

May    Macon County    NC

Highlands Biological Station

Fruits are 2-valved capsules with persistent styles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm160502_017

May    Transylvania County    NC

Both T. austrina and T. stolonifera have herbaceous, leafy stolons, per New Species of Foamflower (Nesom, 2022).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Tiarella austrina   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Tiarella (Saxifragaceae) in the eastern USA (Nesom, 2021)
Tiarella austrina

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Tiarella cordifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-12-001b?:
Tiarella cordifolia var. collina   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4801

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, cove forests, rock outcrops, well-drained bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (flowering stem usually with leaves or foliaceous bracts)

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Stoloniferous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
4-5 lobed calyx with campanulate tube
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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