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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilaeopsis carolinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilaeopsis carolinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilaeopsis carolinensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-29-002:
Lilaeopsis carolinensis FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lilaeopsis attenuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilaeopsis carolinensis
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Lilaeopsis, Carolina Grasswort, Carolina Strapwort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lilaeopsis carolinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilaeopsis carolinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lilaeopsis carolinensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-29-002:
Lilaeopsis carolinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lilaeopsis attenuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lilaeopsis carolinensis
4076
Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Freshwater marshes, pondshores and lakeshores, ditches, interdune ponds, shores of brackish to freshwater estuarine sounds and rivers, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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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
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