Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Saxifragaceae

Astilbe - [maps | photos]

• Astilbe biternata (Vent.) Britton
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: Appalachian false goat's beard

• Astilbe crenatiloba (Britton) Small (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  Common Name: Roan Mountain false goat's beard

Boykinia - [maps | photos]

• Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Allegheny brook saxifrage

Chrysosplenium - [maps | photos]

• Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: American golden saxifrage

Heuchera - [maps | photos]

• Heuchera americana L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: American alumroot

• Heuchera longiflora Rydb. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: longflower alumroot
  Synonyms:
  

         • Heuchera longiflora Rydb. var. aceroides (Rydb.) Rosendahl, Butters & Lakela

• Heuchera missouriensis Rosend.

• Heuchera parviflora Bartl.
  Common Name: littleflower alumroot

• Heuchera villosa Michx. var. macrorhiza (Small) Rosendahl, Butters & Lakela
  Common Name: largestem alumroot

• Heuchera villosa Michx. var. villosa
  Common Name: hairy alumroot

Micranthes - [maps | photos]

• Micranthes careyana (A. Gray) Small
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: golden eye saxifrage
  Synonyms:
  

         • Micranthes tennesseensis Small

         • Saxifraga careyana A. Gray

• Micranthes caroliniana (A. Gray) Small (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: Carolina saxifrage
  Synonyms:
  

         • Saxifraga caroliniana A. Gray

• Micranthes micranthidifolia (Haw.) Small
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: lettuceleaf saxifrage
  Synonyms:
  

         • Saxifraga micranthidifolia (Haw.) Steud.

• Micranthes pennsylvanica (L.) Haw. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: swamp saxifrage
  Synonyms:
  

         • Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

• Micranthes petiolaris (Raf.) Bush
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: Michaux's saxifrage
  Synonyms:
  

         • Saxifraga michauxii Britton

• Micranthes virginiensis (Michx.) Small
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: early saxifrage
  Synonyms:
  

         • Saxifraga virginiensis Michx.

Mitella - [maps | photos]

• Mitella diphylla L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: bishop's cap, miterwort

Sullivantia - [maps | photos]

• Sullivantia sullivantii (Torr. & A. Gray) Britt. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Sullivan's coolwort

Tiarella - [maps | photos]

• Tiarella cordifolia L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: Allegheny foamflower

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.