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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cicuta mexicana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Southern Water Hemlock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cicuta maculata var. maculata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cicuta maculata var. maculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cicuta mexicana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-28-002:
Cicuta mexicana FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cicuta maculata var. curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cicuta curtissii
COMMON NAME:
Southern Water-hemlock
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cicuta mexicana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cicuta maculata var. maculata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cicuta maculata var. maculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cicuta mexicana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-28-002:
Cicuta mexicana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cicuta maculata var. curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cicuta curtissii
3576
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, bogs, seepages, ditches, swamp forests, floating vegetation mats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
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 Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p060
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p031
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