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Learn more about Brook-saxifrage from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Boykinia aconitifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boykinia aconitifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
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)
Therophon aconitifolium
COMMON NAME:
Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbaconitifolia_brp2341
June Alleghaney County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Basal & stem leaves long-stalked, broadly reniform, lobes unequally toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmbaconitifolia_brp2342
June Alleghaney County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers have 5 stamens, unlike the true Saxifrages, which have 10, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.