Erigenia Nutt.

Harbinger of spring (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae

Characteristics

Fr transversely ellipsoid, cordate at base, notched at summit, laterally flattened, the ribs low and obtuse; oil-tubes 1–3 in the intervals, 9–11 on the commissure; carpophore wanting; umbel sessile, compound, subtended by one reduced foliage lf; umbellets 2–4; involucel of spatulate foliaceous bractlets; sep obsolete; pet white, not inflexed; stylopodium none; perennial from a globose tuber, bearing a few ternately decompound lvs and a simple terminal umbel of comparatively large, nearly sessile fls. Monospecific.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

Erigenia unspecified picture

Distribution

Erigenia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39971-1
WFO ID wfo-4000013783
COL ID 62RLL
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Synonyms

Erigenia

Lower taxons

Erigenia bulbosa