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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-15-001a:

Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Thaspium trifoliatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip


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image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thtr_001_lvd

        

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3717

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm0505h_32

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm080504_097

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm080504_097b

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Compound umbel with 4-10(-11) rays, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm080504_097c

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

All flowers with distinct pedicels. Petals maroon or dark purple, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm150505_906

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm150505_911

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm150505_912

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

Keith Bradley    kab_t_trifoliatum_8359

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmttrifoliatum_swain2b

May    Swain County    NC

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    s080504_b

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Upper leaves with 3 (rarely 5) lanceolate to ovate, toothed leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    s080504_d

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Teeth fine, relatively obtuse, with a thickened translucent border, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum, Purple Meadow-parsnip, Woodland Parsnip

JK Marlow    jkm120727_951

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Oval capsules (schizocarps) with ribs prominently winged, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-15-001a:
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Thaspium trifoliatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum

 

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1502

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Basal leaves usually simple; middle & upper stem leaves 3(-5)-foliolate
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Compound umbel with 4-10(-11) rays

FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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