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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxypolis rigidior   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxypolis rigidior   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-34-001:

Oxypolis rigidior   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Oxypolis rigidior

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Oxypolis turgida

 

COMMON NAME:
Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane


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image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_oxri_001_lhd

        

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_oxri_004_lvd

        

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3514

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm150827_982

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Umbels composed of 12-25 rays, the longest 3-5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm0509h_22

September    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Very variable in the size, shape, and toothing/lobing of the leaflets, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm0509h_23

September    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm0509k_37b

September    Transylvania County    NC

Silver Run Preserve

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm080928_140

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm080928_163

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm090905_024

September    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm130927_653

September    Jackson County    NC

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm210919_3752

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_o_rigidior_cowbane_4

September        

Umbels are compound, loose, and to 6" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    s080928_b

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaflets have few or no teeth (teeth, if any, above middle of leaflet blade), per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).


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image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0134

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    s071001_a

October    Jackson County    NC

Gorges State Park

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    s071001_a2

October    Jackson County    NC

Gorges State Park

Fruit strongly flattened dorsally, broadly ellipsoid-oblong, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Oxypolis rigidior, Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

JK Marlow    s071001_c

October    Jackson County    NC

Gorges State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxypolis rigidior   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxypolis rigidior   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-34-001:
Oxypolis rigidior   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxypolis rigidior

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxypolis turgida

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1009

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, seepages, swamps, wet meadows, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-11(13) leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Sepals minute
5 petals
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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