Foamflower

 Tiarella cordifolia 

Siting Information

• Date: June 10, 2021
• Time: 11:38 a.m.
• Location: Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (100 Museum Road, Stevens, PA 17578)
• Habitat: wildflower garden area in front of visitor's center
• Weather: approximately 75 degrees Fahrenheit, some clouds, humid

 

The flowers on a foamflower plant are on a raceme and have stamens that pass beyond the petals.  This resulted in needing to examine the flowers much more closely to see that they had five petals.  I am honestly not 100% convinced that this is foamflower because they are typically white.  The amount of pink on the flower before blossoming could be an abnormality of this particular plant.  Everything else pointed to foamflower.

The plant itself might have been eight inches tall.  The basal leaves were heart-shaped with five lobes as described in Newcomb's guide, but the lobes of this plant seem to be deeper than the drawing provided in the guide.  Again, I am questioning my identification, but I cannot find anything else in the guide or even through phone identification apps that fits better.  This plant was found in an area that received tons of shade and had many wildflower species surrounding it. 

 (Newcomb, 2011, p. 178)