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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Thaspium barbinode
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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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
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thaspium barbinode
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-15-002:
Thaspium barbinode FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Thaspium barbinode var. barbinode
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thaspium barbinode
SYNONYMOUS WITH Monograph of the North American Umbelliferae
Thaspium barbinode var. 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 jkm240711_0231
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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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 (4/14/23):
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thaspium barbinode
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-15-002:
Thaspium barbinode
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Thaspium barbinode var. barbinode
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thaspium barbinode
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Monograph of the North American Umbelliferae
Thaspium barbinode var. 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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
All leaves deeply divided; stem leaves 1-2-ternate
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Golden 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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p220
- 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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