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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Marsh-parsley at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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)
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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 (5/21/15):
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia?
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont)
Look for it in freshwater marshes, disturbed areas, roadside ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
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