| Author | (Lakela) Nesom | |
| Distribution | This is a newly described species, in 2021. Throughout the southwestern third to half of the Mountains, north and east to Haywood, Buncombe, and Polk counties (Nesom 2022). Western Carolina University Herbarium lists a collection on SERNEC for Caldwell County, farther north than reported by Nesom (2022); this specimen might need confirmation.
"S. Blue Ridge of sw. NC, se. TN, nw. SC, ne. GA; disjunct slightly westwards in sc. TN and n. AL" (Weakley 2022).
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| Abundance | Apparently fairly common to common, at least locally. | |
| Habitat | Rich hardwood forests, cove forests, and similar hardwood forests. Note that habitat distinctions among the four species of Tiarella in NC have not been described. | |
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| Identification | See T. cordifolia for the general description. There are two stoloniferous Tiarella species in NC, and this one has "Leaves usually with acute-acuminate lobes, terminal lobe prominently extended; flowering stem usually with 1–2 leaves or foliaceous bracts; sepals 1.5-2 mm long", versus "Leaves usually with obtuse to rounded lobes, terminal lobe not prominently extended; flowering stem very rarely with a small bract; sepals 2.5-3.5 mm long" for the newly-described T. stolonifera. Note that the newly defined T. cordifolia lacks herbaceous, leafy stolons (runners); it has a clumped look to the plants. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Nesom (2021) described this and several other new species of Tiarella.
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| Other Common Name(s) | None? | |
| State Rank | [S4?] | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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