Thaspium Nutt.

Meadowparsnip (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae

Characteristics

Fr oblong or ovoid, subterete or slightly flattened dorsally, some of or all the ribs prominently winged; oil-tubes solitary in the intervals, 2 on the commissure; carpophore wanting; umbels terminal and lateral, large, compound; bracts none; umbellets small; fls all pedicellate; involucel of small, narrow bractlets; sep ovate or obovate; pet yellow (or cream) or purple; stylopodium wanting; branching perennials with a rootcrown or short rhizome and a cluster of fibrous or fleshy-fibrous roots, and with variously compound lvs (or the lowest lvs simple), resembling Zizia in aspect. 3, N. Amer.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

Thaspium unspecified picture

Distribution

Thaspium world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30011901-2
WFO ID wfo-4000038090
COL ID 7VBD
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Upopion Thaspium

Lower taxons

Thaspium pinnatifidum Thaspium trifoliatum Thaspium chapmanii Thaspium barbinode