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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Thaspium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Various workers have differed on the characters used to separate two varieties in T. trifoliatum. It is presently not clear how they should be separated, or, indeed, if varieties are warranted, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
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
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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 (4/14/23):
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
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
Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
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