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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aphanes australis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Parsley-piert at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aphanes australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Aphanes australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-08-001:
Alchemilla microcarpa FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aphanes australis
COMMON NAME:
Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert
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JK Marlow jkm200310_3102
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1155
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
A freely branched, diffuse, winter annual, 2-10cm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1155b
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Leaves palmately dissected. Flowers in axillary clusters surounded by stipules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aphanes australis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aphanes australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Aphanes australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-08-001:
Alchemilla microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aphanes australis
4235
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Lawns, fields, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately dissected
Alternate
Leaves are subtended by stipules, half to nearly as large as leaves.
FLOWER:
Spring
4 united sepals
Petals absent
1 stamen
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p470
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p027