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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tiedemannia filiformis ssp. filiformis   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxypolis filiformis   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-34-003:

Oxypolis filiformis   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

Oxypolis filiformis

 

COMMON NAME:
Water Dropwort, Water Cowbane


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image of Tiedemannia filiformis ssp. filiformis, Water Dropwort, Water Cowbane

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_oxfi_001_lvd

        

image of Tiedemannia filiformis ssp. filiformis, Water Dropwort, Water Cowbane

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmo_filiformis

August        

image of Tiedemannia filiformis ssp. filiformis, Water Dropwort, Water Cowbane

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmofiliformi_echawswale

August    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Each flat-topped flower cluster contains 10-20 smaller clusters, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).

image of Tiedemannia filiformis ssp. filiformis, Water Dropwort, Water Cowbane

Keith Bradley    kab_t_filiformis_77178

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Tiedemannia filiformis ssp. filiformis, Water Dropwort, Water Cowbane

Keith Bradley    kab_t_filiformis_77198

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tiedemannia filiformis ssp. filiformis   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxypolis filiformis   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-34-003:
Oxypolis filiformis   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2688

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet savannas, sandhill seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC)

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LEAVES:
Simple - reduced to expanded petioles
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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