Tolmiea menziesii (/tɒlˈmiːəmɛnˈziːzi.aɪ/)[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. It is known by the common names youth on age,[2]pick-a-back-plant,[3]piggyback plant, and thousand mothers.
It is a perennial plant native to the West Coast of North America, occurring in northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and southern Alaska. It occurs as a naturalised plant or garden escapee in Scotland, parts of Wales, Northern Ireland and northern and western parts of England.[4]: 120
^Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tolmiea menziesii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^Blamey, M.; Fitter, R.; Fitter, A (2003). Wild flowers of Britain and Ireland: The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora. London: A & C Black. ISBN 978-1408179505.
Tolmieamenziesii (/tɒlˈmiːə mɛnˈziːzi.aɪ/) is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. It is known by the common names youth on age...
populations of T. menziesii. The genus was named after the Scottish-Canadian botanist William Fraser Tolmie. Two species are accepted. Tolmiea diplomenziesii...
plantlets that form on leaves, e.g. Kalanchoe daigremontiana and Tolmieamenziesii. A few plant species can form colonies via asexual seeds, termed apomixis...
2014-06-03. "(PDF) Tolmiea diplomenziesii: A new species from the Pacific Northwest and the diploid sister taxon of the autotetraploid T. menziesii (Saxifragaceae)"...
adventitious buds, which then form adventitious roots, e.g. piggyback plant (Tolmieamenziesii) and mother-of-thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana). The adventitious...
thousands" is applied to this species and also to Saxifraga stolonifera, Tolmieamenziesii, and Soleirolia soleirolii. Other less common names related to its...
roots, as part of vegetative reproduction; e.g. piggyback plant (Tolmieamenziesii) and mother-of-thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana). The adventitious...
mid elevation in shady conditions often in close association with Tolmieamenziesii (Youth on Age), which blooms during the same period. Paul Alaback;...
alone are uncomfortable or damaging to the cornea. Piggyback plant, Tolmieamenziesii Piggybacking, technique used in astrophotography PiggyBac transposon...
PMC 4534381. PMID 26266951. Soltis DE (1984-01-01). "Autopolyploidy in Tolmieamenziesii (Saxifragaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 71 (9): 1171–1174. doi:10...
The wingspan is 12.5–19 mm. The larvae feed on Tiarella trifoliata, Tolmieamenziesii and Tellima grandiflora. The larvae are thought to be leaf miners...
(such as Sidalcea, Luetkea, Whipplea, Vancouveria, Lithophragma, Tellima, Tolmiea, Luina) and numerous endemic species. The genera Arnica, Castilleja, Erigeron...
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