Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ptilimnium capillaceum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Eastern Bishopweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ptilimnium capillaceum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-30-004:
Ptilimnium capillaceum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Bishopweed, Atlantic Bishopweed, Mock Bishopweed, Atlantic Mock Bishop's Weed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ptca_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_p_capillaceum_02194
April Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_p_capillaceum_02194b
April Miami-Dade County FL
The 5 petals are white, about 1mm long and wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Keith Bradley kab_p_capillaceum_07615
April Miami-Dade County FL
Leaves divided into thread-like (filiform) leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Keith Bradley kab_p_capillaceum_07679
April Miami-Dade County FL
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_capillaceum_1
June Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_capillaceum_6233
June Iredell County NC
Samll white flowers in a compound umbel, the umbel bracts usually 3-parted, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ptilimnium capillaceum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ptilimnium capillaceum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-30-004:
Ptilimnium capillaceum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
2216
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Ditches, marshes, other wet places, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Complexly compound into filiform segments
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p220
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p150
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p180
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p216
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p243