NameThatPlant.net: Oxypolis rigidior

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxypolis rigidior FAMILY Apiaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxypolis rigidior FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-34-001:

Oxypolis rigidior FAMILY Apiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Cowbane, Pig-potato, Stiff Cowbane

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxypolis rigidior FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxypolis rigidior FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-34-001:
Oxypolis rigidior FAMILY Apiaceae

1009

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, seepages, swamps, wet meadows, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-11(13) leaflets
Alternate

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

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

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