NameThatPlant.net: Thaspium chapmanii

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

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

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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium barbinode FAMILY Apiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Creamy Meadow-parsnip, Chapman's Meadow-parsnip

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thaspium barbinode FAMILY Apiaceae

4602

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: calcareous bluffs, dry to mesic forests and woodlands, especially over calcareous substrates, open disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
All leaves deeply divided; stem leaves 2-3-ternate
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale yellow to creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Compound umbel with 5-10 rays

FRUIT:
Schizocarp of two mericarps

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