Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Golden-saxifrage from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-08-001:
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
COMMON NAME:
Golden-saxifrage, Water-carpet, Water-mat
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cham2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140418_348
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves opposite, to 0.6" long, widely spaced on a stem that forks often, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm160422_019
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170413_576
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_c_americanum_1660
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Steve Marlow snm140418_321
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Several short stamens growing from a ring-shaped reddish disk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-08-001:
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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Forb
Annual/Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in NC-SC, rare in GA
Look for it in shallow seepage in shade, 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.
...Wet
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
4-lobed calyx
Petals absent
4-8 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p112
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p162
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p455
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p068