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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligusticum canadense   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-25-001:

Ligusticum canadense   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

Ligusticum canadense

 

COMMON NAME:
American Lovage


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image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lica16_001_lvd

        

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090425_050

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3666

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm120517_070

May    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

A stout, freely-branched perennial to 5' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm200606_5710

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

The straightish and toothless basal portion of each leaflet is distinctive, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm200606_5712

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm200606_5713

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm200606_5716

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm220605_8283

June    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ligusticum_canadenseb

June        

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090709_089

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090709_097

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090709_124

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

The petioles have narrow basal sheaths, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090709_125

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Pollinator at work.

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090709_128

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

The fruit is elliptic with narrowly winged ribs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090709_135

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Pollinator at work.

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090709_138

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Umbels often doubly compound, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090709_147

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm090709_206

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm140704_593

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm140704_594

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm200717_6632

July    Jackson County    NC

Nantahala National Forest

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm220705_8929

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3934

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm150912_136

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Lateral veins of each leaflet terminate at the points of the teeth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm150912_139

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Ligusticum canadense, American Lovage

JK Marlow    jkm210903_3286

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligusticum canadense   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-25-001:
Ligusticum canadense   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

 

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828

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dryish, nutrient-rich forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Complexly compound (uppermost leaves sometimes simple)
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 stamens in staminate flowers
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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