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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aphanes australis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Parsley-piert at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aphanes australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Aphanes australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-08-001:
Alchemilla microcarpa FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aphanes australis
COMMON NAME:
Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert
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JK Marlow jkm200310_3102
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230328_2114
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230328_2115
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1155
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
A freely branched, diffuse, winter annual, 2-10cm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1155b
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Leaves palmately dissected. Flowers in axillary clusters surounded by stipules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aphanes australis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aphanes australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Aphanes australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-08-001:
Alchemilla microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aphanes australis
4235
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Lawns, fields, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately dissected
Alternate
Leaves are subtended by stipules, half to nearly as large as leaves.
FLOWER:
Spring
4 united sepals
Petals absent
1 stamen
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p470
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p027
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