Scientific Name:	Tiarella trifoliata
Pronunciation:	tee-uh-RELL-uh try-foe-lee-AY-tuh
Common Name:	trefoil foamflower
Family Name:	Saxifragaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Small herbaceous perennial up to 50 cm tall; stipules about cm long, leaves are medium-green, usually compound with three lobed leaflets, pubescent, crenate margins; florets on delicate on white panicle up to 15 cm long; fruit looks like tiny sugar scoops.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Spreading Form: Mounded, Oval - horizontal Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Deep shade, Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Bog, Humus rich Water Use: Moderate, Wetlands Landscape Uses: Alpine, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Wetland - bogs, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound, Lobed Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Heavily veined Surfaces: Pubescent Compound Leaf: Trifoliate (ternate) Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate, Ovate Apices: Acute Margins: Dentate

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Panicle Flower Morphology: Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Campanulate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes, Stipule, leafy

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Rust, Slugs or snails

Location(s): (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLS) Turf Field Lab South Location Map

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