Tiarella

• 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

• Description

  Genus Description - Fls perfect, 5-merous, regular or nearly so, barely perigynous; hypanthium small, campanulate; pet clawed, linear to elliptic; stamens 10; carpels 2, unequal, united below into a superior, unilocular ovary, distinct above; placentas parietal, near the base; rhizomatous herbs with broad, palmately veined, lobed basal lvs and an erect, usually lfless stem with a bracteate raceme or panicle of white fls. 1 Asia, 5 N. Amer.

• Common Names

  foam-flower