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
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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).
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
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)
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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 (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p124
- 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