OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



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

Tiarella stolonifera

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) 094-12-001a?:

Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Tiarella cordifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Foamflower, Creeping Foamflower


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image of Tiarella stolonifera, Northern Foamflower, Creeping Foamflower

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

        

image of Tiarella stolonifera, Northern Foamflower, Creeping Foamflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_tico_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Tiarella cordifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4803

Forb
Perennial

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

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

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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