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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boykinia aconitifolia   FAMILY Saxifragaceae   Go to FSUS key


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


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image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thac2_001_lvd

        

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbaconitifolia_brp2341

June    Alleghaney County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbaconitifolia_brp2342

June    Alleghaney County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220612_093544

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

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).

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

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).

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

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

 

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