NameThatPlant.net: Tiedemannia filiformis ssp. filiformis

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Tiedemannia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

COMMON NAME:
Water Dropwort, Water Cowbane

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

2688

Forb
Perennial

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC)

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

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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