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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Chaerophyllum procumbens
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaerophyllum procumbens var. procumbens
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chaerophyllum procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chaerophyllum procumbens var. procumbens
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Chaerophyllum procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-10-002a:
Chaerophyllum procumbens var. procumbens FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaerophyllum procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 13
Chaerophyllum procumbens
COMMON NAME:
Common Spreading Chervil
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Chaerophyllum procumbens
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaerophyllum procumbens var. procumbens
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chaerophyllum procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chaerophyllum procumbens var. procumbens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Chaerophyllum procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-10-002a:
Chaerophyllum procumbens var. procumbens
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaerophyllum procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 13
Chaerophyllum procumbens
4683
Forb
Annual
Habitat: alluvial forests, moist slope forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC, rare in GA & SC
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LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Spring
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) p146
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p031
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p174
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p211
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