Boykinia rotundifolia |
Boykinia aconitifolia |
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round leaf boykinia, roundleaf brookfoam, roundleafed brookfoam |
Allegheny brookfoam, brook saxifrage |
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Habit | Plants: rhizomes proliferating underground. | Plants: rhizomes proliferating underground. |
Flowering stems | (30–)50–80(–130) cm. |
15–80 cm. |
Basal leaves | petiole 5–22 cm; blade usually orbiculate-cordate, sometimes reniform, shallowly and indistinctly lobed, (3.5–)7–16 × (4–)9–18 cm, margins 2–3-times serrate. |
petiole 3–18(–31) cm; blade usually reniform, rarely orbiculate-cordate, 3–7-lobed to 1/2–3/4 its length, (2.5–)4–8(–12) × (3–)5–13(–15.5) cm, margins usually 2–3-times dentate, rarely crenate. |
Cauline leaves | stipules 1–2 mm expansions of petiole base, fringed with brown hairs. |
stipules 1–8 mm, either expansions of petiole base, fringed with brown hairs, or foliaceous. |
Inflorescences | ± pyramidal, (10–)15–25-flowered per primary branch. |
± pyramidal, 5–20(–30)-flowered per primary branch. |
Pedicels | densely stipitate-glandular. |
densely stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | hypanthium campanulate, free portion 1–2 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; sepals erect, triangular to lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm, apex acute; petals narrowly spatulate, 2–3 × 1 mm, shorter than or to 1.5 times as long as sepals, base tapered to claw, margins plane; nectary green; stamens 1.2–1.6 mm; ovary 2/3 inferior. |
hypanthium campanulate to turbinate, free portion 0.7–1 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; sepals erect, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 1–2(–2.5) mm, apex acute; petals spatulate to ovate, 3–6 × 1–3 mm, 2–3(–4) times as long as sepals, base tapered to claw, margins plane; nectary green; stamens 0.9–1.4 mm; ovary subinferior. |
Capsules | ovoid, turbinate, or urceolate. |
ovoid, turbinate, or urceolate. |
Seeds | usually black, tuberculate. |
usually black, tuberculate. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Boykinia rotundifolia |
Boykinia aconitifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering early-mid summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Damp woodlands, margins of lakes, ponds, and watercourses, often on disturbed soil, trailsides, mudslides | Moist woodland, margins of lakes, ponds, and watercourses |
Elevation | 800-2000 m (2600-6600 ft) | 300-1000 m (1000-3300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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AL; GA; KY; NC; SC; TN; VA; WV |
Discussion | The record of Boykinia rotundifolia from “Lower California” (Williamson, 20 July 1901, PH) is the only collection seen from Mexico. The species is occasionally grown in gardens. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Boykinia aconitifolia from Alabama and Georgia with turbinate capsules and rounded-ovate leaf marginal teeth have been separated as B. turbinata from plants with the more usual urceolate capsules and leaf margins with ovate or triangular teeth. These characters, however, are not closely correlated and it seems better to recognize a single variable species. It is sometimes grown in gardens. Rafinesque applied the name Therofon napelloides to this species, citing Nuttall’s Boykinia aconitifolia as a synonym. The former is therefore illegitimate. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 128. | FNA vol. 8, p. 126. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Boykinia | Saxifragaceae > Boykinia |
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Synonyms | Therofon rotundifolium | B. turbinata, Saxifraga aconitifolia, Therofon aconitifolium, Therofon turbinatum |
Name authority | Parry ex A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 13: 371. (1878) | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 113. 1834 , |
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