Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Tiarella cordifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Heartleaf Foamflower from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tiarella cordifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Tiarella cordifolia
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-12-001a:
Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia FAMILY Saxifragaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Tiarella cordifolia var. collina
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Tiarella cordifolia
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Tiarella wherryi
COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Foamflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tico_001_lvd
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Harry Davis hld1511
March-April Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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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 jkm0404h_31
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm0404t_20
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Leaves are deeply heart-shaped at the base & have 5-7 shallow lobes, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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JK Marlow jkm0404v_12
April Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Rachis and pedicels glandular puberulent, pedicels 5-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0404v_17
April Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Leaves of Tiarella usually longer than wide and lacking variegation, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
COMPARE
Alumroot, Foamflower, and Miterwort
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JK Marlow jkm090405_039
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
T. wherryi (or var. collina) is alleged to lack stolons, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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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
Flowers have 10 conspicuously long stamens with apricot-colored anthers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Keith Bradley kab_t_cordifolia_5192
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_cordifolia_29
April
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Ron Lance rwl_tiarella_cordifolia
April Jackson County NC
Basal leaves with a heart-shaped base and a long leaf stalk, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Steve Marlow snm090405_008
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
The flowering stalk is leafless, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm0305f_18
May Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0405f_26
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Var. collina is colonial, with plants connected by stolons, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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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 jkm070506_037
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
Fruit a two-parted capsule, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm160502_017
May Transylvania County NC
One variety has stolons (aboveground horizontal stems), per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Tiarella cordifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tiarella cordifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Tiarella cordifolia
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-12-001a:
Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Tiarella cordifolia var. collina
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Tiarella cordifolia
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Tiarella wherryi
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, cove forests, rock outcrops, well-drained bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Stoloniferous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4-5 lobed calyx with campanulate tube
5 petals
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p174
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p117
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p180
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p022
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p158
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p178
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p145
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p024
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p105
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p115
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p144
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p452
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p066