Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt. |
Bibliography | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 113 (1834) |
Native Range | West Virginia to se. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 300-1000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, usually reniform, 3-7-lobate, margins dentate, inflorescence pyramidal, flowers numerous, sepals erect. lanceolate, acute, petals spathulate, 3-6mm long |
Size | 15-80cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 16-18°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Boykinia turbinata (Rydb.) Fedde Saxifraga aconitifolia (Nutt.) Fielding & Gardner Therofon aconitifolium (Nutt.) Millsp. Therofon napelloides Raf. Therofon turbinatum Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |