Astilbe biternata (Vent.) Britton
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Saxifragaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems clustered on an enlarged caudex, 1–2 m, glandular hairy above; lvs petioled, 2 or 3 times ternately compound, the lfls sessile or petiolulate, oblong to ovate, rounded to subcordate at base, acuminate, sharply serrate; pet narrowly oblanceolate, 2 mm, often none in the pistillate fls; follicles connivent, 4 mm; 2n=28. Moist, north-facing woods in the mts., Va. and W.Va. to Ky., s. to Ga. June. Habitally much like Aruncus.
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Common Names
false goat's-beard