Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bowlesia incana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The native distribution of this species is uncertain, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bowlesia incana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bowlesia incana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Bowlesia incana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bowlesia septentrionalis
COMMON NAME:
Hoary Bowlesia
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Keith Bradley kab_bowlesia_incana_2339
March Richland County SC
Olympia Park
Leaves orbicular, as wide as or wider than long, lobed but otherwise entire, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bowlesia incana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bowlesia incana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bowlesia incana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Bowlesia incana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bowlesia septentrionalis
3915
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Open wet hammocks and bottomlands, suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have long petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale greenish-white
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Schizocarp of two mericarps
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