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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bupleurum rotundifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about Hound's-ear at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bupleurum rotundifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bupleurum rotundifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-16-001:
Bupleurum rotundifolium FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bupleurum rotundifolium
COMMON NAME:
Hound's-ear, Hare's-ear, Roundleaf Thoroughwax
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_buro_001_lvd
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Julia Scher, Cut Flower Exports of Africa, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5477056
Month Unknown
Small yellow flowers with conspicuous ovate bractlets about 3/8" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Julia Scher, Cut Flower Exports of Africa, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5477058
Month Unknown
Upper leaves 1-2" across, entire, and perfoliate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bupleurum rotundifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bupleurum rotundifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bupleurum rotundifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-16-001:
Bupleurum rotundifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bupleurum rotundifolium
3038
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Lawns, disturbed areas, preferring calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Mostly bisexual
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p174
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p210
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p112
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