Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Tellima grandiflora (Pursh) Douglas ex Lindl. |
Bibliography | Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1178 (1828) |
Native Range | Aleutian Islands to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | basal leaves with hirsute petiole, cordate-triangular to reniform, 3-8cm wide, shallowly 5-7-lobate, irregularly crenate, raceme lax, 10-35-flowered, petals laciniate |
Size | 40-90cm |
Color | dark red, greenish white |
Bloom | spring, 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 | Mitella acerifolia Schltdl. ex Ledeb. Mitella grandiflora Pursh Tellima breviflora Rydb. Tellima grandiflora var. virescens Regel Tellima nudicaulis Greene Tellima odorata Howell Tiarella alternifolia Fisch. ex Ser. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |