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Photos: Blarney, Co.Cork

Foamflower / Three-leaf Foamflower
Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata
Family: Saxifragaceae

Flowering late spring to summer. Perennial. Introduced. Garden escape.

Loose, elongating panicles of small, white, bell-shaped flowers. Mid-green leaves palmately 3-5 lobed. Short-stalked stem leaves. Clump-forming. Height: to 50cm.

Prefers shady, moist, humus-rich soils. Occasional garden escape.

Identification uncertain
Photographs are possibly of Tellima grandiflora.

     


    
Three-leaf Foamflower. Blarney, Co.Cork. April 2008

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