Tolmiea Torr. & A.Gray

Commemorating Dr W.F. Tolmie (1812–96), botanical collector and surgeon

for the Hudson Bay Company at Fort Vancouver For description see t. menziesii.

Division or from the buds that form plantlets at the base of the leaf blades, hence the various common names (see below).

1 species from W North America.

Young plants developing at the base of the leaf blades; stamens 3.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Saxifragaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     [Saxifraganae]
order      Saxifragales
family       Saxifragaceae
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