Tiarella cordifolia L., Sp. Pl. 405 1753. (syn: Tiarella cordifolia f. allanthera Vict. & J.Rousseau; Tiarella cordifolia var. austrina Lakela; Tiarella cordifolia var. bracteata Farw.; Tiarella cordifolia var. collina Wherry; Tiarella cordifolia f. subaequalis Lakela; Tiarella cordifolia f. tridentata Lakela; Tiarella macrophylla Small; Tiarella wherryi Lakela);
E. Canada to N. Central & E. U.S.A.: Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin as per POWO;
Tiarella cordifolia ‘Fancy Trails’
Common name: Allegheny Foamflower
The cultivar has unique star-shaped leaves with wide maroon to deep brown centers edged with bright green. Creamy pink bottle brush blooms top the plants in spring.
Photographed from Filoli Gardens, California, 22-6-2019.
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