Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diphylleia cymosa
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Umbrella-leaf from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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.
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
478
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in SC), endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Look for it in seepages & on brook-banks, sometimes away from brooks or seeps in northern hardwood or cove hardwood forests (but then usually in subterranean seepage), primarily at moderate to high elevations, 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.
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LEAVES:
Simple
Flowering plants have 2 alternate stem leaves; non-flowering plants have only 1
Petiole attached to leaf's lower surface instead of margin; leaves peltate.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 sepals
6 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p050
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p114
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p173
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p016
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p068
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p082
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p045
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p066
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p364
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p052