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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thaspium barbinode
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy-jointed Meadow-parsnip at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium barbinode
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thaspium barbinode
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-15-002:
Thaspium barbinode FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thaspium barbinode
COMMON NAME:
Hairy-jointed Meadow-parsnip
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_thba_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150424_791
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The hispid, purple-tinged leaf sheath is a useful additional [id] character for this species, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1092
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Leaflets coarsely and rather lacerately serrated or incised, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtbarbinode_nantahala
April-May? NC
Nantahala National Forest
Umbel rays 8-10, less than 3.5cm long even in fruit, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120506_518
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm150505_900904
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The hispid, purple-tinged leaf sheath is a good [field id] character, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_056
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
In Thaspium, all flowers are stalked, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_060
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160516_067
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Many of the teeth at least 2mm long as measured on the shorter side, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_070b
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
All leaf margins hispidulous, not hyaline, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160516_718
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm170507_761
May Jackson County NC
Basal leaves 2-ternate or more dissected, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm170507_762
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm170507_764
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5664
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5668
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm150827_912
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm140913_740
September Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
The fruits of Thaspium are winged; those of Zizia are not, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm140913_740b
September Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fruit winged, 3-4mm long, glabrous; mericarps slightly flattened dorsally, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thaspium barbinode
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium barbinode
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thaspium barbinode
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-15-002:
Thaspium barbinode
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thaspium barbinode
2207
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
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LEAVES:
All leaves: deeply divided, 2-3-ternate, the ultimate segments lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Pale yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Compound umbel with 5-10 rays
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p259
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p132
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p170
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p168
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p037
- 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
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