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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligusticum canadense
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Read more about American Lovage at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligusticum canadense
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-25-001:
Ligusticum canadense FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ligusticum canadense
COMMON NAME:
American Lovage
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lica16_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090425_050
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3666
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm120517_070
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
A stout, freely-branched perennial to 5' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5710
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
The straightish and toothless basal portion of each leaflet is distinctive, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of American Lovage, Hairy Angelica and Water Hemlock
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5712
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5713
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200606_5716
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm220605_8283
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ligusticum_canadenseb
June
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JK Marlow jkm090709_089
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090709_097
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090709_124
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
The petioles have narrow basal sheaths, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090709_125
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm090709_128
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
The fruit is elliptic with narrowly winged ribs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090709_135
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm090709_138
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Umbels often doubly compound, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090709_147
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090709_206
July Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm140704_593
July Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm140704_594
July Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6632
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8929
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3934
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm150912_136
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Lateral veins of each leaflet terminate at the points of the teeth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_139
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3286
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ligusticum canadense
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligusticum canadense
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-25-001:
Ligusticum canadense
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ligusticum canadense
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to dryish, nutrient-rich forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Complexly compound (uppermost leaves sometimes simple)
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 stamens in staminate flowers
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!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p149
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p059
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p034
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p179
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p211
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p117
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