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Tiarella cordifolia |
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Foam Flower, Allegheny Foam
Flower, False Mitrewort or Heartleaf
Foamflower |
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 3-8 |
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Eastern North America |
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Compact plant, suitable as a groundcover |
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6-12 inches tall with a spread of 12-24 inches. |
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white flowers,
about ¾ inch across, are borne on 6-9 inches
long racemes. Individual flowers have 5 petals
and 10 stamens. The inflorescence is
similar to that of
Astilbe. |
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Midspring |
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Leaves basal,
broadly ovate cordate to
4 inches long leaves are dentately toothed, 3-7
lobed, with a scattered pubescence on both
surfaces. Leaves are borne on hirsute petioles. |
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- 'Moorgrun' - White flowers, smaller leaves than
the species.
- 'Purpurea' - The foliage of this cultivar is
purple-tinged with maroon petioles and the
flowers are pale pink to rose.
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Tiarella is derived from the
Greek word tiara, a small crown and refers to
the shape of the fruit. The leaves of
Tiarella are similar to those of
Heuchera sanguinea except they are more sharply
toothed than those of Heuchera. |
