Characteristics
Angiosperms (Dicots)
Tiarella austrina (Lakela) G.L. Nesom
Southern Foamflower
Herb
Perennial
Vascular
Tiarella austrina produces leafy stolons while the other Alabama Tiarella, T. wherryi, does not produce stolons.
Recent taxonomic research (Nesom 2021) has demonstrated that this taxon is limited to the northeastern counties. All of the Alabama material will have to be re-evaluated but most will be assigned to Tiarella wherryi.
Native
<a href=http://www.phytoneuron.net/2021Phytoneuron/31PhytoN-Tiarella.pdf>Nesom, G.L. 2021. Taxonomy of Tiarella (Saxifragaceae) in the eastern U.S.A. Phytoneuron 2021-31: 1-61.</a>
Classification
Citation
<a href=http://www.phytoneuron.net/2021Phytoneuron/31PhytoN-Tiarella.pdf>Tiarella austrina (Lakela) G.L. Nesom, Phytoneuron 2021–31: 6. 2021.</a>
Tiarella cordifolia var. austrina Lakela 1937.
USA: NORTH CAROLINA: Haywood Co.: Lower Mt. Pisgah, 16 Jun 1931, K.M. Wiegand s.n. (holotype: BH).
Species Distribution Map
Specimens and Distribution
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