Foam Flower (Tiarella cordifolia)
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Native
Family:
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage)
Height: 0.5 to 1 ft.
Blooms: April to
June
Leaf Type:
lobed
Bloom Size: 0.25 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Elongate clusters,
Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Butler-Freeport Trail
Date: 5/9/2015
More photos of this flower
Foam Flower may be
easily confused with:
- Black Cohosh
Black coshosh is am much larger plant with a divided leaf. Foam flower is generally less than a foot tall, with a roundish, lobed leaf.
- Canada Mayflower
Leaf is lobed on foam flower, heart-shaped on Canada mayflower.
- False Solomons Seal
FSS has a smooth, egg-shaped leave, while foam flower has a more complex leaf shape.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
