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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Marsh Lilaeopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The epithet "chinensis" is a misnomer; the species is native to e. North America and has nothing to do with China, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilaeopsis chinensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-29-001:
Lilaeopsis chinensis FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilaeopsis lineata
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Lilaeopsis, Eastern Grasswort, Tidal Strapwort, Fiddler-crab Turf
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lili7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilaeopsis chinensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-29-001:
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilaeopsis lineata
3063
Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Brackish and freshwater tidal marshes, especially in mud-flats in the intertidal zone, associated with Schoenoplectus pungens and other brackish marsh dominants, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple - phyllodial (hollow, septate, segmented)
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in simple, axillary umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p326
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p137
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