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Asian Foam Flower

Tiarella polyphylla

Also called Chinese Foamflower, Foam Flower

Asian Foam Flower
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Himalaya to China and Myanmar, Korea (Ulleungdo), Japan, Taiwan
Climate
temperate

About

Tiarella polyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. The specific name polyphylla means "many-leaved". The species is native to Asia, ranging from the eastern Himalayas to China, east Asia, and southeast Asia. It is sometimes called the Asian foamflower.

Where it grows

Tiarella polyphylla is an Asian species, ranging from the eastern Himalayas to China, east Asia, and southeast Asia:

Other Tiarella plants

Southern Foamflower · Heartleaf foamflower · Sail Leaf Foamflower · Northern Foamflower · Threeleaf foamflower · Tufted Foamflower · Foamflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tiarella polyphylla 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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