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Northern Foamflower

Tiarella stolonifera

Also called Stoloniferous Foamflower, Creeping Foamflower, Heartleaf Foamflower

Northern Foamflower
Photo: Elizabeth Buchanan, CC BY 4.0
Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Shade
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
E. Canada to E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Tiarella stolonifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. The specific name stolonifera means "spreading by stolons", an important characteristic of this species (not to be confused with Tiarella austrina, which also spreads by stolons). Known as the creeping foamflower, it has the widest range of any species of Tiarella in eastern North America.

Where it grows

Tiarella stolonifera has the widest range of any Tiarella species in eastern North America, from Wisconsin across the eastern half of the Great Lakes region into the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, and from there, south into Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. It is the only species of Tiarella in the following 17 provinces and states:

Other Tiarella plants

Southern Foamflower · Heartleaf foamflower · Sail Leaf Foamflower · Asian Foam Flower · Threeleaf foamflower · Tufted Foamflower · Foamflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tiarella stolonifera 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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