4203

Forb
Perennial

Non-native: Eurasia

Documented growing wild in - - -

Look for it in fields and roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Northeast

 

LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
White, sometimes tinged pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 petals
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US p055

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pimpinella saxifraga ssp. saxifraga   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pimpinella saxifraga ssp. saxifraga   FAMILY Apiaceae

LESS THAN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pimpinella saxifraga