OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysosplenium americanum   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

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

Chrysosplenium americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Chrysosplenium americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-08-001:

Chrysosplenium americanum   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

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

Chrysosplenium americanum

 

COMMON NAME:
Golden-saxifrage, Water-carpet, Water-mat


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image of Chrysosplenium americanum, Golden-saxifrage, Water-carpet, Water-mat

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cham2_001_lvd

        

image of Chrysosplenium americanum, Golden-saxifrage, Water-carpet, Water-mat

JK Marlow    jkm140418_348

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Leaves opposite, to 0.6" long, widely spaced on a stem that forks often, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Chrysosplenium americanum, Golden-saxifrage, Water-carpet, Water-mat

JK Marlow    jkm160422_019

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Chrysosplenium americanum, Golden-saxifrage, Water-carpet, Water-mat

JK Marlow    jkm170413_576

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Chrysosplenium americanum, Golden-saxifrage, Water-carpet, Water-mat

Keith Bradley    kab_c_americanum_1660

April    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Chrysosplenium americanum, Golden-saxifrage, Water-carpet, Water-mat

Steve Marlow    snm140418_321

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Several short stamens growing from a ring-shaped reddish disk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysosplenium americanum   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Chrysosplenium americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-08-001:
Chrysosplenium americanum   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

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

 

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Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: In shaded, rocky, gravelly, and/or mossy seeps and seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
4-lobed calyx
Petals absent
4-8 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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