Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Diphylleia cymosa
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Umbrella-leaf from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diphylleia cymosa
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Diphylleia cymosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Diphylleia cymosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Podophyllum cymosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-06-001:
Diphylleia cymosa FAMILY Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Diphylleia cymosa
COMMON NAME:
Umbrella-leaf, Pixie-parasol
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dicy2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_023
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm130420_459
April Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm060508_049
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm060508_053
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Flowering stem leaves are peltate near the margin and from 1 to 2' across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm070518_121
May Avery County NC
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JK Marlow jkm070518_123
May Avery County NC
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JK Marlow jkm120505_172
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm150508_948
May Union County GA
Sosebee Cove
Like Mayapple, vegetative plants have a single leaf, flowering plants have 2, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_cymosa_umbrella_z
May
Unlike most other dicots, the sepals, petals & stamens number 6 each, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Ron Lance rwl_diphylleia_cymosa
May Jackson County NC
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Dan Whitten sdw_umbrella_leaf
May Smyth County VA
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcymosa_gf1
May-June? Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6661
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcymosa_poplarcreek1
July-August?
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Ben Geer Keys bgk478_a
August
Fruits are conspicuous, round, dark blue, fleshy, and on red stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Diphylleia cymosa
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diphylleia cymosa
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Diphylleia cymosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Diphylleia cymosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Podophyllum cymosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 077-06-001:
Diphylleia cymosa
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Diphylleia cymosa
478
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: seepages and brookbanks, sometimes away from brooks or seeps in northern hardwood or cove hardwood forests (but then usually in subterranean seepage), primarily at moderate to high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC (rare in SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Flowering plants have 2 alternate stem leaves; non-flowering plants have only 1
Petiole attached to leaf's lower surface instead of margin; leaves peltate.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
6 sepals
6 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p050
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p114
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p173
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p016
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p082
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p128
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p045
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p066
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p364
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p052
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