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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gillenia trifoliata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gillenia trifoliata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Gillenia trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Porteranthus trifoliatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-13-001:
Gillenia trifoliata FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Porteranthus trifoliatus
COMMON NAME:
Bowman's Root, Mountain Indian Physic, Fawn's Breath
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JK Marlow jkm100514_172
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
The hypanthium (formed from fusion of sepals, petals & stamens) is turbinate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm210523_0711
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Five linear, slightly twisted, unequal petals, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
JK Marlow jkm210523_0712
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
A reddish, tubular, 5-lobed calyx that persists after flowers drop, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
JK Marlow s090613_a
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Three narrow leaflets, 2-4" long, that taper at both ends, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE leaves of Bowman's Root and Indian Physic
JK Marlow jkm080802_055
August Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Capsules 4.5-5mm long, pubescent to glabrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm0410p_04
October Oconee County SC
Roadside
The reddish hypanthium may cause flowers to appear pinkish at a distance, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gillenia trifoliata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gillenia trifoliata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Gillenia trifoliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Porteranthus trifoliatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-13-001:
Gillenia trifoliata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Porteranthus trifoliatus
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