Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia


766

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas
Rare (NC Rare, SC Rare)
Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Look for it in rich forests, either on natural levees with very nutrient-rich sediments or on slopes with underlying mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

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shade ...Moist

LEAVES:
Ternately decompound
Basal & alternate cauline

FLOWER:
Spring
White
5 sepals
Petals absent

FRUIT:
Spring
Aggregate of follicles

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Enemion biternatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Enemion biternatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 076-07-001:
Isopyrum biternatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
False Rue-anemone, Isopyrum