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



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

Tiarella wherryi

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

Tiarella cordifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Tiarella cordifolia var. collina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Tiarella wherryi

 

COMMON NAME:
Wherry's Foamflower


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image of Tiarella wherryi, Wherry's Foamflower

JK Marlow    jkm090405_039

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Plants without stolons. Leaves usually about as long as wide, terminal lobe not extended, per New Species of Foamflower (Nesom, 2022).


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image of Tiarella wherryi, Wherry's Foamflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_cordifolia_29

April        

5 petals, 10 long stamens, borne on a terminal raceme to 6" long on a leafless stalk, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Tiarella wherryi, Wherry's Foamflower

Steve Marlow    snm090405_008

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Flowering stem without leaves or leaf-like bracts, per New Species of Foamflower (Nesom, 2022).

 

 

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Tiarella cordifolia var. collina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Tiarella wherryi

 

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4804

Forb
Perennial

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

Native to Georgia

Uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Nonstoloniferous

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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