OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boykinia aconitifolia   FAMILY Saxifragaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boykinia aconitifolia   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Boykinia aconitifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Boykinia aconitifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-13-001:

Boykinia aconitifolia   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Therophon aconitifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage


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image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thac2_001_lvd

        

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbaconitifolia_brp2341

June    Alleghaney County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbaconitifolia_brp2342

June    Alleghaney County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220612_093544

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220612_093547

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Flowers have 5 stamens, unlike the true Saxifrages, which have 10, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220612_093633

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Basal leaves long-petioled, sharply divided into 5-7 toothed lobes; stem lvs similar but smaller, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220612_093637

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Sometimes mistaken in vegetative condition for Trautvetteria, which is a coarser plant, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Penny Longhurst    pen_20230704_095050

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Panicle compact at anthesis, spreading in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage

Penny Longhurst    pen_20230704_095815

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Rachis, branches, pedicels and hypanthium glandular-puberulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boykinia aconitifolia   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boykinia aconitifolia   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boykinia aconitifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Boykinia aconitifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-13-001:
Boykinia aconitifolia   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Therophon aconitifolium

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Streambanks, riverbanks, in crevices in spray cliffs around waterfalls, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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