Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Tiarella trifoliata L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 406 (1753) |
Native Range | Alaska to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-1300m |
Description | leaves ternate, leaflets rhombic-ovate, pilose, shallowly 2-3-lobate, dentate, 3-5cm long, flowers 5mm long in narrow panicle, petals filiform |
Size | 10-70cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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 | Blondia trifoliata Raf. Petalosteira laciniata Raf. Tiarella rhombifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray Tiarella stenopetala C.Presl Tiarella trifolia J.F.Gmel. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |