Boykinia rotundifolia Parry ex A.Gray is a plant in the Saxifragaceae family, order Saxifragales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Boykinia rotundifolia Parry ex A.Gray

Boykinia rotundifolia Parry ex A.Gray

Boykinia rotundifolia is a rhizomatous perennial herb with lobed toothed leaves and dense clusters of small white flowers.

Family
Genus
Boykinia
Order
Saxifragales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Boykinia rotundifolia Parry ex A.Gray

Boykinia rotundifolia is a rhizomatous perennial herb. It produces leaves whose blades reach up to 30 centimeters long, and these leaves are borne on petioles up to 18 centimeters in length. Each leaf has several rounded lobes, with dull teeth along the lobe edges. The inflorescence grows on a thin stem and reaches up to 1 meter (3 feet) tall. It holds a dense cluster of many small white flowers; each individual flower has five tiny pointed sepals and five larger oval petals.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Saxifragales Saxifragaceae Boykinia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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