Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Apiaceae
Cryptotaenia canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Apiaceae
Cryptotaenia canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Apiaceae
140-21-001
Cryptotaenia canadensis

Common Name:
Honewort

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain south of VA)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in moist and nutrient-rich forests (alluvial, bottomland, slope, and cove forests), per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple: Ternately divided
Alternate

Flower:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Fruit:
Summer
Schizocarp

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p218
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p114




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JK Marlow      jkm100730_249


July
Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve

 

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JK Marlow      jkm100730_249b


July
Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve

Fruit linear-oblong, 4-7mm long, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

 

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