Boykinia rotundifolia Parry ex A.Gray

Roundleaf brookfoam (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Boykinia

Characteristics

Plants: rhizomes proliferating underground. Flowering stems (30-)50-80(-130) cm. Basal leaves: petiole 5-22 cm; blade usually orbiculate-cordate, sometimes reniform, shallowly and indistinctly lobed, (3.5-) 7-16 × (4-)9-18 cm, margins 2-3-times serrate. Cauline leaves: stipules 1-2 mm expansions of petiole base, fringed with brown hairs. Inflorescences ± pyramidal, (10-)15-25-flowered per primary branch. Pedicels densely stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium campanulate, free portion 1-2 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; sepals erect, triangular to lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm, apex acute; petals narrowly spatulate, 2-3 × 1 mm, shorter than or to 1.5 times as long as sepals, base tapered to claw, margins plane; nectary green; stamens 1.2-1.6 mm; ovary 2/3 inferior. Capsules ovoid, turbinate, or urceolate. Seeds usually black, tuberculate. 2n = 14.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-7

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Images

Boykinia rotundifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:790411-1
WFO ID wfo-0000570174
COL ID MS7W
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Boykinia rotundifolia Therofon rotundifolium