Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Appalachian False Goatsbeard from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
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) 094-07-001:
Astilbe biternata
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian False Goatsbeard
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Look for it in cove forests, on seepage slopes, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common in Carolina Mtns, uncommon in GA Mtns, rare elsewhere (an endemic)
LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual or unisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals (or petals absent in pistillate flowers)
8-10 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
A partly fused 2-locular capsule or separate as 2 follicles
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Astilbe biternata FAMILY Saxifragaceae
Appalachian False Goatsbeard
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Appalachian False Goatsbeard from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm090503_019
May Polk County NC
Astilbe has a hairy upper stem, whereas Aruncus is smooth, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm090503_048
May Polk County NC
Terminal leaflets are acuminate and usually 3-lobed with a cordate base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
compound leaves of woodland herbs, with toothed margins
JK Marlow jkm090711_034
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Fruit erect, lanceolate follicles, 0.15-.2" long, borne on a large panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm0308v_02
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Lateral leaflets ovate, elliptic, 3-lobed or lobed on one side, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
Cohosh, Doll's-eyes, and Goatsbeard