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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilaeopsis chinensis   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

Lilaeopsis chinensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-29-001:

Lilaeopsis chinensis   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

Lilaeopsis lineata

 

COMMON NAME:
Marsh Lilaeopsis, Eastern Grasswort, Tidal Strapwort, Fiddler-crab Turf


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image of Lilaeopsis chinensis, Marsh Lilaeopsis, Eastern Grasswort, Tidal Strapwort, Fiddler-crab Turf

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lili7_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilaeopsis chinensis   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-29-001:
Lilaeopsis chinensis   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

 

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3063

Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Brackish and freshwater tidal marshes, especially in mud-flats in the intertidal zone, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple - phyllodial (hollow, septate, segmented)
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Flowers in simple, axillary umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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