Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tiedemannia canbyi
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about this from the South Carolina Plant Conservation Alliance.
Read more about Canby's Cowbane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxypolis canbyi
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tiedemannia canbyi
COMMON NAME:
Canby's Cowbane, Canby's Dropwort
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmocanbyi_echaw1
July-August Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flowers with 5 tiny white petals curving up and inward, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmocanbyi_echaw3
July-August Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flowers in flat-topped clusters containing 7-12 smaller flat-topped clusters, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm081009_320
October Bamberg County SC
Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay
Fruits flattened and broadly olong, with corky ribs & broad, thickened wings, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tiedemannia canbyi
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxypolis canbyi
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tiedemannia canbyi
2347
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays and other depressional wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple - reduced to expanded petioles
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p342
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p407
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p245
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p035
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