Saxifragaceae
Bigflower tellima
Tellima grandiflora
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Tellima
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Common names
By language (10)
- Chinese
- 大繐杯花, 钸缘花, 短花饰缘花
- Dutch
- Franjekelk
- English
- Bigflower tellima
- Finnish
- Tellima
- German
- Falsche Alraunenwurzel, Großblütige Fransenblume
- nv
- Tsédááʼ sikaadí
- Polish
- Telima wielkokwiatowa
- Portuguese
- Tellima
- Swedish
- Anagrambräcka
- Welsh
- Clychau`r clawdd
Synonyms
- Mitella acerifolia Schlecht. ex Ledeb.
- Mitella grandiflora Pursh
- Tellima breviflora Rydb.
- Tellima grandiflora var. virescens Regel
- Tellima nudicaulis Greene
- Tellima odorata Howell
- Tiarella alternifolia Fisch. ex Ser.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 2,599 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chris Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hill Craddock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: vesca, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.