Common names: Threeleaf Foamflower, Triple Sugar Scoop, Cut-leaved Foamflower

H&C and USDA lists 3 varieties:
var. unifoliata: (Oneleaf Foamflower) Simple leaf blades, >2000 ft. OM,Cascades
var. trifoliata: 3 foliolate leave blades whose cleft lobe is <1/2 length. <3,500 ft. east and south Cascades
var. laciniata: 3 foliolate leave blades whose cleft lobe is full length.


Note large maple like leaves. How deep the lobes are determine the variety. Single flower stem with dark purple flower stalk from which whitish open flowers hang.

west North Cascades; Central Cascades
TRAIL: Yellow Aster Butte; Hope-Mig Lake; Goat Mtn.
HABITAT: Subalpine meadow, Montane Forest
ELEVATION: 1,160 m (3,805 ft.); 1,020 m (3,340 ft.); 1,125 m (3,695 ft.)
BLOOM TIME: 26-JUN; 27-JUN; 03-AUG;