OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aphanes australis   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aphanes australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Aphanes australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-08-001:

Alchemilla microcarpa   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aphanes australis

 

COMMON NAME:
Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert


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JK Marlow    jkm200310_3102

March    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm230328_2114

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Aphanes australis, Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert

JK Marlow    jkm230328_2115

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Aphanes australis, Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1155

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

A freely branched, diffuse, winter annual, 2-10cm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aphanes australis, Parsley-piert, slender parsley piert

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1155b

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Leaves palmately dissected. Flowers in axillary clusters surounded by stipules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aphanes australis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aphanes microcarpa   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aphanes australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Aphanes australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-08-001:
Alchemilla microcarpa   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aphanes australis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4235

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Lawns, fields, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately dissected
Alternate
Leaves are subtended by stipules, half to nearly as large as leaves.

FLOWER:
Spring
4 united sepals
Petals absent
1 stamen

Flowers in axillary clusters

FRUIT:

 

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