Tiarella polyphylla D.Don

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Tiarella

Characteristics

Herbs 20-45 cm tall. Rhizomes creeping, dark brown, 3-6 mm in diam. Stems simple, densely glandular hairy. Leaves mostly basal; cauline leaves few. Basal leaves with petiole 2-12 cm, densely glandular hairy, base sheathlike; leaf blade cordate, 2-8 × 2.5-10 cm, palmately 3-5-lobed, both surfaces glandular hairy, base cordate, margin irregularly dentate, apex acute. Cauline leaves 2 or 3, similar to basal leaves but smaller and petiole shorter. Raceme 8-25 cm, densely glandular hairy. Flowers whitish, small; pedicel ca. 1 cm, glandular hairy. Sepals erect, ovate, ca. 1.5 × 0.8 mm, abaxially and marginally shortly glandular hairy, 3-to many veined, apex subacuminate. Petals absent. Stamens ca. 2.5 mm; filaments subulate. Carpels unequal, connate proximally; ovary shallowly subsuperior, appearing almost completely superior. Capsule 7-12 mm. Seeds few, dark brown, ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Apr-Nov. 2n = 14.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.45
Root system rhizome
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Asthma (whole plant), Improve blood circulation (whole plant), Common cold (whole plant), Contusions (whole plant), Cough (whole plant), Deafness (whole plant), Furunculosis (whole plant), Hepatitis (whole plant), Inflammation (whole plant), Pain (whole plant), Sweating (whole plant), Wounds and injuries (whole plant)
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Images

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Distribution

Tiarella polyphylla world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794898-1
WFO ID wfo-0001135728
COL ID 7BYQR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Tiarella polyphylla