Foamflower

(Tiarella cordifolia)

 

   

 

 

Color Photograph: Copyright Corel Corp.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia L.)

Identification: Flowers white, small. Petals narrow and elongate and stamens numerous and elongate. Flowers in a open flower spike, separate from the leaves. Leaves basal, ivy-like, with a deeply indented base, long petioles, and a cut and coarsely dentate outer margin. Plant 6 to 12 inches in height.

Distribution: Minnesota in the west to Nova Scotia in the east, southward in the mountains to Georgia.

Habitat: Foamflower is found in old, rich woods.

Flowering period: April to May.

Similar Species: Foamflower is superficially similar to Miterwort, but lacks the fringed petals and the pair of sessile leaves at the base of the flower spike.

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