Tiarella cordifolia L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Saxifragaceae

• Scientific Name

  Tiarella cordifolia L.

• Description

  Species Description - Plants erect, 1–3.5 dm, usually with long stolons; basal lvs broadly cordate- ovate to subrotund, shallowly 3–5-lobed, crenate, sparsely hairy; raceme at first crowded, later to 1 dm; pedicels 5–10 mm; sep elliptic-obovate, 2–3.5 mm, blunt; pet 3–5 mm; fr thin-walled, the larger carpel 10 mm, the smaller one often only half as long; 2n=14. Rich woods; N.S. to Ont. and e. Wis., s. to Ga. and Ala. Spring. Var. collina Wherry (T. wherryi Lakela), without stolons, occurring n. as far as Ky. and Va., is of doubtful status.

• Common Names

  foam-flower