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Allegheny brookfoam

Boykinia aconitifolia

Also called Brook Saxifrage

Allegheny brookfoam
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
West Virginia to SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Boykinia aconitifolia, also known as Brook saxifrage and Allegheny brookfoam, is a species of vascular plant in the genus Boykinia. It is native to the southeastern region of the United States, ranging from West Virginia to Alabama and Georgia. It grows in wet woodlands, on the edges of ponds and lakes, or in other moist areas, flowering in the summer. It has both basal and cauline leaves, with petioles three to eighteen centimeters long. Leaves are generally reniform, but can be orbiculate to cordate with three to seven lobes. The seeds are black with tubercles.

According to the Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project, Boykinia aconitifolia is at high risk due to sedimentation and other pollutants.

Other Boykinia plants

Sierra brookfoam · Large boykinia · Coastal brookfoam · Richardson's brookfoam · Roundleaf brookfoam · Brookfoam

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Boykinia aconitifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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