Tiarella austrina (Lakela) Nesom. Escarpment Foamflower. Phen: Apr-Jun. Hab: Moist forests, cove forests, rock outcrops, well-drained bottomland forests. Dist: Southern Blue Ridge of sw. NC (south and west from the Asheville Basin), se. TN, nw. SC, and ne. GA; disjunct westwards in the Cumberland Plateau and Eastern Highland Rim of sc. TN (Franklin County) and n. AL (Jackson and Madison counties).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Nesom (2021a); = Tiarella cordifolia L. var. austrina – G; < Tiarella cordifolia L. – FNA8, S, S13, Tn, W; < Tiarella cordifolia L. var. collina Wherry – RAB; >< Tiarella macrophylla Small – S, S13, type a combination of Heuchera and Tiarella
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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