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Your search found 40 taxa in the family Saxifragaceae, Saxifrage family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia-willow
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Itea virginica FAMILY: Iteaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Itea virginica FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Itea virginica 094-01-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Moist forests and thickets, especially along the banks of streams
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Skunk Currant, Mountain Currant
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes glandulosum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes glandulosum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes glandulosum 094-02-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Periglacial boulderfields, high elevation seeps, spruce-fir forests
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Roundleaf Gooseberry, Appalachian Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes rotundifolium FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes rotundifolium FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes rotundifolium 094-02-002 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Moist slopes, balds, boulderfields, rocky forests, seepage swamps, shrub balds, mostly at high elevations south of VA
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Miccosukee Gooseberry, Spiny Gooseberry, Florida Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes echinellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes echinellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes echinellum 094-02-003 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Mesic, nutrient-rich forests
Native to South Carolina
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Common Name:
Prickly Gooseberry, Dogberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes cynosbati FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes cynosbati FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes cynosbati 094-02-004 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Moist slopes, periglacial boulderfields, talus, grassy balds, especially at medium to high elevations
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wild Black Currant, American Black Currant
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes americanum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes americanum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, other moist forests, marl marshes
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Granite Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes curvatum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes curvatum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Rocky upland and riparian forests and woodlands, bluffs, glade margins
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Northern Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Ribes hirtellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes hirtellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Rocky forests
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name: Bristly Black Currant, Spiny Swamp Currant
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Ribes lacustre FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes lacustre FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Forests, acid swamps
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Climbing Hydrangea, Woodvamp, Decumaria, Decumary
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrangea barbara FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Decumaria barbara FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Decumaria barbara 094-03-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests and bottomlands, moist forests in the mountains
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC, rare in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Mock-orange, Scentless Mock-orange
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Philadelphus inodorus FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Philadelphus inodorus FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Philadelphus inodorus 094-04-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Rich forests and woodlands, rocky bluffs over mafic or calcareous rocks, and also cultivated and persistent
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Mock-orange, Cumberland Mock-orange
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Philadelphus hirsutus FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Philadelphus hirsutus FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Philadelphus hirsutus 094-04-002 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Bluffs, rock outcrops, rocky woodlands, often with seepage, over mafic or calcareous rocks
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ozark Mock-orange, Hairy Mock-orange
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Philadelphus pubescens FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Philadelphus pubescens + FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
Habitat: Limestone bluffs; also naturalizing near ornamental plantings in suburban woodlands
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: European Mock-orange, Sweet Mock-orange
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Philadelphus coronarius FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Philadelphus coronarius FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
Habitat: Cultivated (though more so in the past than now), and sometimes escaped or persisting around old homesites
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrangea arborescens FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrangea arborescens FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hydrangea arborescens ssp. arborescens 094-05-001a FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Forests, especially around rock outcrops and along streambanks
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ashy Hydrangea, Southern Wild Hydrangea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrangea cinerea FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrangea cinerea FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hydrangea arborescens ssp. discolor 094-05-001b FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Rocky forests and rock outcrops, roadbanks, perhaps strictly or mostly associated with mafic or calcareous rocks
Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Snowy Hydrangea, Silverleaf Hydrangea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrangea radiata FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrangea radiata FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hydrangea arborescens ssp. radiata 094-05-001c FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Rocky forests and rock outcrops, often common and conspicuous on roadbanks
Common in Mountains (uncommon in SC Piedmont, rare in NC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrangea quercifolia FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrangea quercifolia FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
Habitat: Native in hammocks, moist forests, also in disturbed areas, thickets, or forests adjacent to urban or suburban areas
Uncommon in GA, waifs in the Carolinas
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Kidneyleaf Grass-of-Parnassus, Appalachian Grass-of-Parnassus, Brook Parnassia, Appalachian Parnassia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parnassia asarifolia FAMILY: Parnassiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parnassia asarifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Parnassia asarifolia 094-06-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Bogs, sphagnous seeps, brookbanks, generally in more acidic habitats than P. grandifolia, up to elevations over 1800 m
Uncommon in GA & NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Grass-of-Parnassus, Savanna Parnassia, Eyebright
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parnassia caroliniana FAMILY: Parnassiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parnassia caroliniana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Parnassia caroliniana 094-06-002 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Wet longleaf pine, pond pine, or pond cypress savannas (especially but not strictly where shallowly underlain by coquina limestone), sandhill seepage bogs
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Bigleaf Grass-of-Parnassus, Limeseep Parnassia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parnassia grandifolia FAMILY: Parnassiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parnassia grandifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Parnassia grandifolia 094-06-003 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Fens, gravelly seepages, pineland seepage bogs and ecotones, primarily or solely over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks, in the outer Coastal Plain in seepage over marl on nearly vertical river bluffs on the Cape Fear River (NC) and in pineland seepage bogs
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian False Goatsbeard
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Astilbe biternata FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Astilbe biternata FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Astilbe biternata 094-07-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, seepage slopes, boulderfield forests
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Golden-saxifrage, Water-carpet, Water-mat
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Chrysosplenium americanum FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chrysosplenium americanum FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chrysosplenium americanum 094-08-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: In shaded, rocky, gravelly, and/or mossy seeps and seepage swamps
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Two-leaved Miterwort, Bishop's Cap
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Mitella diphylla FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mitella diphylla FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mitella diphylla 094-10-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Mesic, rocky forests, rocky seeps, and seepage swamps, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mapleleaf Alumroot, Hairy Alumroot, Rock Alumroot, Crag-jangle
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Heuchera villosa FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Heuchera villosa var. villosa FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heuchera villosa 094-11-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: In crevices of rock outcrops, or in thin soil over boulders, a characteristic component of the flora of high elevation cliffs and summits (to at least 1920 m), not particular about the rock type, occurring on a wide range of rock types in our area, including felsic gneisses and schists, mafic gneisses, granites, quartzites, and others, probably the most acidophilic of our taxa of Heuchera
Common (rare in GA-SC Piedmont), primarily endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Littleflower Alumroot, Cave Alumroot, Cumberland Grotto Alumroot, Small-flower Alumroot
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heuchera parviflora 094-11-002 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Shaded cliff bases, usually under overhangs, on grotto floors, behind waterfalls where humidity is high but not in the spray zone, in rockhouses of the Cumberland Plateau, nearly always in deeply shaded situations where little or no direct sunlight falls
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Alumroot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Heuchera americana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Heuchera americana var. americana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heuchera americana 094-11-003 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Rocky forests, rock outcrops, particularly where soils are subacidic to circumneutral
Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Purple Alumroot, Hispid Alumroot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Heuchera hispida FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Heuchera americana var. hispida FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heuchera americana 094-11-003? FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Calcareous rocky forests, rock outcrops, particularly where soils are subacidic to circumneutral
Rare
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Carolina Alumroot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Heuchera caroliniana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Heuchera caroliniana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heuchera americana 094-11-003? FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Rocky forests, rock outcrops, particularly where soils are subacidic to circumneutral, replacing H. americana in much of the upper Piedmont
Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Marbled Alumroot, Downy Alumroot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Heuchera pubescens FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Heuchera pubescens FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Rocky forests, rock outcrops, particularly where soils are subacidic or circumneutral
Rare (an endemic)
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name: Mapleleaf Alumroot, longflower alumroot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Heuchera aceroides FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Heuchera longiflora FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Heuchera longiflora var. aceroides 094-11-005? FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Shaded calcareous or basic cliffs
Rare (an endemic)
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Heartleaf Foamflower
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Tiarella cordifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tiarella cordifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia 094-12-001a FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, cove forests, rock outcrops, well-drained bottomland forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia, Allegheny Brookfoam, Aconite-saxifrage
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Boykinia aconitifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Boykinia aconitifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Boykinia aconitifolia 094-13-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Streambanks, riverbanks, in crevices in spray cliffs around waterfalls, seepages
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Michaux's Saxifrage, Cliff Saxifrage
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Micranthes petiolaris var. petiolaris FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Saxifraga michauxii FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Saxifraga michauxii 094-14-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops, especially in seasonal seepage, at low to high elevations in the Southern and Central Appalachians
Common, endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Escarpment Saxifrage, Shealy's Saxifrage
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Saxifraga michauxii FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Saxifraga michauxii 094-14-001? FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: In moist seepage over rock, at low elevations (2000-3000 feet)
Rare, endemic to SC's Pickens County, so far as is known
Native to South & possibly North Carolina
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Common Name:
Early Saxifrage
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Micranthes virginiensis FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Saxifraga virginiensis var. virginiensis FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Saxifraga virginiensis 094-14-003 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops, moist alluvial and slope forests, streambanks, riverbanks
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Brook Lettuce, Mountain Lettuce, Branch Lettuce, Lettuceleaf Saxifrage
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Micranthes micranthidifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Saxifraga micranthidifolia FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Saxifraga micranthidifolia 094-14-004 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Wet soils of seepages, in the beds of high elevation brooks, brookbanks; rocky seepages
Common in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Carey's Saxifrage
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Micranthes careyana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Saxifraga careyana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Saxifraga careyana 094-14-005 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Moist rock outcrops and cliffs, rocks along seeps or brooks, often under overhangs, often in moist soil at the base of a vertical or overhanging rock outcrop
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Carolina Saxifrage
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Micranthes caroliniana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Saxifraga caroliniana FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Saxifraga caroliniana 094-14-006 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Moist rock outcrops and cliffs, often under overhangs, often in moist soil at the base of a vertical or overhanging rock outcrop
Rare, endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Deutzia, Pride-of-Rochester, Fuzzy Pride-of-Rochester
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Deutzia scabra FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Deutzia scabra FAMILY: Hydrangeaceae
Habitat: Perhaps not present in our region
Non-native: Japan & China
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