Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chrysosplenium americanum
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Golden-saxifrage from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cham2_001_lvd
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm160422_019
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170413_576
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_c_americanum_1660
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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
324
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p112
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p162
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p455
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p068