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

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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 p470
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p027

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

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)
Aphanes australis