Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chrysosplenium americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Chrysosplenium americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-08-001:
Chrysosplenium americanum FAMILY Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysosplenium americanum
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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chrysosplenium americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Chrysosplenium americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-08-001:
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chrysosplenium americanum
324
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: In shaded, rocky, gravelly, and/or mossy seeps and seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p112
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p162
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p455
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p068
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