- Tiarella trifoliata
Taxobox
name = Tiarella trifoliata
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Tiarella trifoliata" var. "unifoliata"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Saxifragales
familia =Saxifragaceae
genus = "Tiarella "
species = "T. trifoliata"
binomial = "Tiarella trifoliata"
binomial_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
subdivision = "T. t." var. "laciniata" "T. t." var. "trifoliata" "T. t." var. "unifoliata""Tiarella trifoliata" (Threeleaf Foamflower) is a
dicot in the family "Saxifragaceae ". It is a perennialherb that grows in the late spring. It is endemic to the low to moderate elevation moist forests of westernNorth America .The
flower s are bell-shaped, white, solitary from an elongate, leaflesspanicle . The calyx lobes are 1.5–2.5 mm and petals are 3-4 mm. Basal leaves are 15-80 mm long and up to 120 mm wide, trifoliate or palmately 3- to 5-lobed. Cauline leaves are infrequent and much smaller. [cite web|title=Tiarella trifoliata|work=WTU Herbarium Image Collection |publisher=Burke Museum, University of Washington|url=http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?ID=13635|accessdate=2007-05-30]References
Footnotes
General references
* [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=8406 Calflora]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?mode=Scientific+Name&keywordquery=Tiarella+trifoliata&go.x=13&go.y=6&go=go National Resource Conservation Service PLANTS Database]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7088,7171,7172 Jepson Flora Project (1993): "Tiarella trifoliata"]
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