Tiarella nautila

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Tiarella nautila
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Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA (April 17)
Status TNC G3.svg
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Tiarella
Species:
T. nautila
Binomial name
Tiarella nautila

Tiarella nautila is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. [3] The specific name nautila alludes to its sail-like stem leaves. [4] Accordingly, it is sometimes called the sail-leaf foamflower. [5] The species is narrowly endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains in the southeastern United States.

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Description

Tiarella nautila is a perennial, herbaceous plant with a short, slender rhizome. It has a leafy flowering stem and relatively large basal leaves with an extended terminal lobe. [4] Most importantly, the species lacks the ability to produce stolons.

Identification

To positively identify Tiarella nautila, all of the following key features must be verified (in any order): [6] [7]

If the plant in question has a stolon, it is notTiarella nautila. In that case, it is either Tiarella stolonifera or Tiarella austrina .

Except for the flowering stem, the key features listed above are identical to those of Tiarella wherryi , so distinguishing the two species may be difficult. Likewise, except for the stolon, Tiarella nautila has features similar to Tiarella austrina, so expect difficulties there as well.

Sometimes Tiarella nautila has a branched flowering stem. [8] Since no other species of Tiarella has that feature, a branched flowering stem is sufficient to identify Tiarella nautila.

Taxonomy

Tiarella nautila was described by Guy Nesom in 2021. [9] Its type specimen was collected by Arthur Cronquist in Union County, Georgia in 1947. [2]

Distribution

Tiarella nautila is narrowly endemic to the southeastern United States where it occurs mainly in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia and adjacent North Carolina and Tennessee. Counties where the species is known to occur include: [10]

The ranges of Tiarella nautila and Tiarella austrina overlap in Georgia (Dawson, Towns, White), North Carolina (Cherokee), and Tennessee (Monroe). The ranges of Tiarella nautila and Tiarella wherryi overlap in Georgia (Bartow, Floyd) and Tennessee (Monroe, Polk). The ranges of Tiarella nautila and Tiarella cordifolia overlap in Jackson County, Georgia.

Conservation

The global conservation status of Tiarella nautila is unknown. In North Carolina, it is imperiled at best (S1S2). [5]

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References

  1. NatureServe (6 December 2024). "Tiarella nautila| NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Tiarella nautilaG.L.Nesom". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. "Tiarella nautilaG.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. 1 2 Nesom (2021), p. 6.
  5. 1 2 "Plant List". Vascular Plants of North Carolina. North Carolina Biodiversity Project. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. Nesom (2021), p. 8.
  7. Weakley & Southeastern Flora Team (2022), p. 675.
  8. Nesom (2021), figs. 44, 45, 49, 50, and 52.
  9. Nesom (2021).
  10. Nesom (2021), pp. 10, 11, 12.

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