Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Aphanes australis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Parsley-piert at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Aphanes australis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in lawns, fields, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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:
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