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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Umbrella-leaf from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diphylleia cymosa
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diphylleia cymosa
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-06-001:
Diphylleia cymosa
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
COMMON NAME:
Umbrella-leaf, Pixie-parasol
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dicy2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_023
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm130420_459
April Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm060508_049
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm060508_053
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Flowering stem leaves are peltate near the margin and from 1 to 2' across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm070518_121
May Avery County NC
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JK Marlow jkm070518_123
May Avery County NC
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JK Marlow jkm120505_172
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm150508_948
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
Like Mayapple, vegetative plants have a single leaf, flowering plants have 2, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_cymosa_umbrella_z
May
Unlike most other dicots, the sepals, petals & stamens number 6 each, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Ron Lance rwl_diphylleia_cymosa
May Jackson County NC
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Dan Whitten sdw_umbrella_leaf
May Smyth County VA
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcymosa_gf1
May-June? Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6661
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcymosa_poplarcreek1
July-August?
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Ben Geer Keys bgk478_a
August
Fruits are conspicuous, round, dark blue, fleshy, and on red stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.