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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Marsh Lilaeopsis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-29-001:
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lilaeopsis lineata
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Lilaeopsis, Eastern Grasswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lili7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-29-001:
Lilaeopsis chinensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lilaeopsis lineata
3063
Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain
Look for it in brackish and freshwater tidal marshes, esp in mud-flats in the intertidal zone, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple - phyllodial (hollow, septate, segmented)
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in simple, axillary umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of two mericarps
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