Tiarella 'Morning Star' — cultivar of the Saxifragaceae family, resulting from horticultural selection from North American species of the genus Tiarella. A woodland perennial, it behaves in cultivation exactly like its congeners, requiring shade, coolness, and humus-rich soil.
The plant forms a compact and well-defined clump, without visible stolons, reaching 25 to 35 cm in height when in bloom. The foliage is deeply lobed, almost palmate, with a medium to deep green color, and a well-visible purple-brown marking along the central veins, particularly intense on young shoots and early in the season. The petioles are tinged with red-brown, a detail that enhances the ornamental character of the foliage outside of flowering.
The floral stems, thin and upright on colored stems, bear narrow spikes of small white-pink to pale pink flowers, with distinctly pink buds before anthesis, creating a delicate contrast between the top still in bud and the lower part already open. Flowering in cultivation generally occurs in April-May.
It requires cool, well-drained soil, rich in humus, in shade or partial shade, without summer drying. Suitable for woodland gardens, northern borders, and shaded spring compositions.