Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Tiarella cordifolia L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 405 (1753) |
Native Range | Maryland to ne. Georgia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 40-800m |
Description | leaves broadly ovate-cordate, broadly 5-lobate, dentate, hirsute, flowers 2-5mm in compact raceme |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Tiarella cordifolia f. allanthera Vict. & J.Rousseau Tiarella cordifolia var. collina Wherry Tiarella cordifolia var. laciniata Regel Tiarella cordifolia f. parviflora Fernald Tiarella cordifolia f. subaequalis Lakela Tiarella cordifolia f. tridentata Lakela Tiarella cordifolia var. typica Lakela Tiarella cordifolia ssp. typica (Lakela) Wherry |
Territory | 7 Northern America 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (GEO Georgia, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina) |