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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ptilimnium capillaceum   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ptilimnium capillaceum   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ptilimnium capillaceum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-30-004:

Ptilimnium capillaceum   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ptilimnium capillaceum

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Bishopweed, Atlantic Bishopweed, Mock Bishopweed, Atlantic Mock Bishop's Weed


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image of Ptilimnium capillaceum, Eastern Bishopweed, Atlantic Bishopweed, Mock Bishopweed, Atlantic Mock Bishop's Weed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ptca_001_lvd

        

image of Ptilimnium capillaceum, Eastern Bishopweed, Atlantic Bishopweed, Mock Bishopweed, Atlantic Mock Bishop's Weed

Keith Bradley    kab_p_capillaceum_02194

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Ptilimnium capillaceum, Eastern Bishopweed, Atlantic Bishopweed, Mock Bishopweed, Atlantic Mock Bishop's Weed

Keith Bradley    kab_p_capillaceum_02194b

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

The 5 petals are white, about 1mm long and wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Ptilimnium capillaceum, Eastern Bishopweed, Atlantic Bishopweed, Mock Bishopweed, Atlantic Mock Bishop's Weed

Keith Bradley    kab_p_capillaceum_07615

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

Leaves divided into thread-like (filiform) leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Ptilimnium capillaceum, Eastern Bishopweed, Atlantic Bishopweed, Mock Bishopweed, Atlantic Mock Bishop's Weed

Keith Bradley    kab_p_capillaceum_07679

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Ptilimnium capillaceum, Eastern Bishopweed, Atlantic Bishopweed, Mock Bishopweed, Atlantic Mock Bishop's Weed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_capillaceum_1

June    Iredell County    NC

image of Ptilimnium capillaceum, Eastern Bishopweed, Atlantic Bishopweed, Mock Bishopweed, Atlantic Mock Bishop's Weed

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_capillaceum_6233

June    Iredell County    NC

Samll white flowers in a compound umbel, the umbel bracts usually 3-parted, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ptilimnium capillaceum   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ptilimnium capillaceum   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ptilimnium capillaceum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-30-004:
Ptilimnium capillaceum   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ptilimnium capillaceum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2216

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Ditches, marshes, other wet places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Complexly compound into filiform segments
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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