Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Boykinia aconitifolia
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Brook-saxifrage from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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, 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
Basal & stem leaves long-stalked, broadly reniform, lobes unequally toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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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.
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, 1938)
Therophon aconitifolium
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere (endemic to the Southern Appalachians)
Look for it on streambanks, riverbanks, in crevices in spray cliffs around waterfalls, seepages, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p124
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p124
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p085
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p109
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p067