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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Marsh-parsley at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-18-001:
Apium leptophyllum FAMILY Apiaceae
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ciclospermum ammi
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) -
Ciclospermum leptophyllum
COMMON NAME:
Marsh-parsley
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Keith Bradley kab_c_leptophyllum_72423
February Miami-Dade County FL
Leaves petiolate; blade 3-4 pinnatisect; ultimate segments narrow, slender, per Flora of China.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_leptophyllum_72439
February Miami-Dade County FL
Umbels leaf-opposed (not terminal and not axillary), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-18-001:
Apium leptophyllum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ciclospermum ammi
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
-
Ciclospermum leptophyllum
2215
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Freshwater marshes, disturbed areas, roadside ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia?
Common in Coastal Plain (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:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Greenish
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels, appearing simple if sessile
FRUIT:
Summer
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) p148
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p036
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