About Boykinia major A.Gray
Boykinia major, with the scientific name Boykinia major A.Gray, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the saxifrage family. It is commonly called large boykinia. This species is native to the western United States, where it grows from California to Montana. It occurs in shady forest understories and wet mountain meadows. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb that produces large leaves; the leaf blades can reach up to 50 centimeters long, and they are borne on petioles that grow up to 35 centimeters in length. Each leaf has several lobes, and the edges of these lobes are often sharply toothed. The inflorescence grows on a thin stem and can reach up to one meter tall. It holds a dense, flat-topped cluster of many small white flowers with yellowish centers. Every flower has five pointed sepals and five larger, rounded or oval petals.
