[The Saxifrage Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Piggyback Plants and Youth-on-age West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Tolmiea

Piggyback Plant, Piggyback-plant, Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii (Synonym: Tiarella menziesii)

Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii - Note that the stem leaf blades are roughly as long as wide, the length measured from the leaf tip to the attachment point of the petiole to the blade.

Diploid Piggyback Plant, Southern Piggyback Plant: Tolmiea diplomenziesii (Synonym: Tolmiea menziesii) - Cauline leaves not or slightly longer than wide, excluding the basal lobes. Plantlets frequently formed. California and Oregon.

Piggyback Plant, Piggyback-plant, Youth-on-age Tolmiea menziesii - Stem leaves longer than wide, excluding the length of the basal lobes. Plantlets on leaves sporadically produced. Alaska, BC, Oregon and Washington.

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