OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ptilimnium costatum   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ptilimnium costatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-30-003:

Ptilimnium costatum   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

Ptilimnium costatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Big Bishopweed, Ribbed Bishopweed


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image of Ptilimnium costatum, Big Bishopweed, Ribbed Bishopweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ptilimnium_costatum_2

July        

May resemble robust P. ahlesii or P. capillaceum, but can be larger & coarser, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ptilimnium costatum   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ptilimnium costatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-30-003:
Ptilimnium costatum   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3757

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Tidal freshwater marshes, wet prairies, bottomland hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Complexly compound into filiform segments
Whorl-like clusters

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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