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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Thaspium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-15-001a:
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum FAMILY Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Thaspium trifoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
COMMON NAME:
Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_thtr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3717
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm0505h_32
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm080504_097
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm080504_097b
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Compound umbel with 4-10(-11) rays, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm080504_097c
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
All flowers with distinct pedicels. Petals maroon or dark purple, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm150505_906
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm150505_911
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm150505_912
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_t_trifoliatum_8359
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmttrifoliatum_swain2b
May Swain County NC
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JK Marlow s080504_b
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Upper leaves with 3 (rarely 5) lanceolate to ovate, toothed leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow s080504_d
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Teeth fine, relatively obtuse, with a thickened translucent border, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120727_951
July Spartanburg County SC
Oval capsules (schizocarps) with ribs prominently winged, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-15-001a:
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Thaspium trifoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
1502
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Basal leaves usually simple; middle & upper stem leaves 3(-5)-foliolate
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Compound umbel with 4-10(-11) rays
FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p018?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p226?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p374
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p170
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p038
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p182
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p217
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p118
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p138