Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boykinia aconitifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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Learn more about Brook-saxifrage from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boykinia aconitifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boykinia aconitifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Boykinia aconitifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-13-001:
Boykinia aconitifolia FAMILY Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Therophon aconitifolium
COMMON NAME:
Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_thac2_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbaconitifolia_brp2341
June Alleghaney County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbaconitifolia_brp2342
June Alleghaney County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Penny Longhurst pen_20220612_093544
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Penny Longhurst pen_20220612_093547
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers have 5 stamens, unlike the true Saxifrages, which have 10, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Penny Longhurst pen_20220612_093633
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Basal leaves long-petioled, sharply divided into 5-7 toothed lobes; stem lvs similar but smaller, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Penny Longhurst pen_20220612_093637
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Sometimes mistaken in vegetative condition for Trautvetteria, which is a coarser plant, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Penny Longhurst pen_20230704_095050
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Panicle compact at anthesis, spreading in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Penny Longhurst pen_20230704_095815
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Rachis, branches, pedicels and hypanthium glandular-puberulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boykinia aconitifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boykinia aconitifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boykinia aconitifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Boykinia aconitifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-13-001:
Boykinia aconitifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Therophon aconitifolium
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Streambanks, riverbanks, in crevices in spray cliffs around waterfalls, seepages, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p124
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p123
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p124
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p324
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p109
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p067
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