Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Saxifragaceae
Boykinia aconitifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Saxifragaceae
Boykinia aconitifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Saxifragaceae
094-13-001
Boykinia aconitifolia

Common Name:
Brook-saxifrage, Eastern Boykinia

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in SC)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it on streambanks, riverbanks, in crevices in spray cliffs around waterfalls, seepages, per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple
Basal & alternate cauline

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

Fruit:
Summer
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p124
 Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p085
 Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p067
 Wildflowers of Tennessee p109




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Patrick D. McMillan      pdmbaconitifolia_brp2341


June
Alleghaney County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Boykinia aconitifolia, image of Boykinia aconitifolia
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmbaconitifolia_brp2342


June
Alleghaney County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway

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

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

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