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...Dry
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Read more about Bowman's Root at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gillenia trifoliata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gillenia trifoliata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Porteranthus trifoliatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-13-001:
Gillenia trifoliata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bowman's Root, Mountain Indian Physic, Fawn's Breath
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_potr11_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100514_172
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
The hypanthium (formed from fusion of sepals, petals & stamens) is turbinate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0711
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Five linear, slightly twisted, unequal petals, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0712
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
A reddish, tubular, 5-lobed calyx that persists after flowers drop, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0713
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_g_trifoliata_0049
June Burke County NC
Pisgah National Forest
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JK Marlow s080621_a
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow s090613_a
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Three narrow leaflets, 2-4" long, that taper at both ends, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
leaves of Bowman's Root and Indian Physic
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JK Marlow jkm080726_094
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9768
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm080802_055
August Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Capsules 4.5-5mm long, pubescent to glabrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0410p_04
October Oconee County SC
Roadside
The reddish hypanthium may cause flowers to appear pinkish at a distance, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7696
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest