OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aphanes australis   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Aphanes australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Aphanes australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-08-001:

Alchemilla microcarpa   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Aphanes australis

 

COMMON NAME:
Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert


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JK Marlow    jkm200310_3102

March    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm230328_2114

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Aphanes australis, Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert

JK Marlow    jkm230328_2115

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Aphanes australis, Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1155

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

A freely branched, diffuse, winter annual, 2-10cm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aphanes australis, Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1155b

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Leaves palmately dissected. Flowers in axillary clusters surounded by stipules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aphanes australis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Aphanes australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-08-001:
Alchemilla microcarpa   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4235

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Lawns, fields, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately dissected
Alternate
Leaves are subtended by stipules, half to nearly as large as leaves.

FLOWER:
Spring
4 united sepals
Petals absent
1 stamen

Flowers in axillary clusters

FRUIT:

 

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