Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.

Allegheny brookfoam (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Boykinia

Characteristics

Plants: rhizomes proliferating underground. Flowering stems 15-80 cm. Basal leaves: petiole 3-18(-31) cm; blade usually reniform, rarely orbiculate-cordate, 3-7-lobed to 1/2-3/4 its length, (2.5-)4-8(-12) × (3-)5-13(-15.5) cm, margins usually 2-3-times dentate, rarely crenate. Cauline leaves: stipules 1-8 mm, either expansions of petiole base, fringed with brown hairs, or foliaceous. Inflorescences ± pyramidal, 5-20(-30)-flowered per primary branch. Pedicels densely stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium campanulate to turbinate, free portion 0.7-1 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; sepals erect, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 1-2(-2.5) mm, apex acute; petals spatulate to ovate, 3-6 × 1-3 mm, 2-3(-4) times as long as sepals, base tapered to claw, margins plane; nectary green; stamens 0.9-1.4 mm; ovary subinferior. Capsules ovoid, turbinate, or urceolate. Seeds usually black, tuberculate. 2n = 14.
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Stems 3–6 dm, glandular-hairy above; basal lvs broadly reniform, 5–10 cm wide, 5–9-lobed to the middle, the lobes laciniately toothed; cymes at first compact, later elongating and racemiform; hypanthium glandular-hairy; pet obovate, short-clawed, 3–5 mm; 2n=12. Moist mt. woods; Va., W.Va., and Ky. to Ga. and Ala. June, July. (Therofon a.)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.8
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Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

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Images

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Distribution

Boykinia aconitifolia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1014661-2
WFO ID wfo-0000570155
COL ID MS7G
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Synonyms

Therofon napelloides Boykinia aconitifolia Therofon aconitifolium Therofon turbinatum Saxifraga aconitifolia Boykinia turbinata