PLANTS Profile for Thaspium trifoliatum (purple meadowparsnip)

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Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray
purple meadowparsnip

Symbol:

THTR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Apiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 639. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray

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Distribution:
Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray

View 91 genera in Apiaceae, 3 species in Thaspium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray var. aureum (L.) Britton. .

Thaspium trifoliatum var. aureum
purple meadowparsnip

Distribution of Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray var. trifoliatum. .

Thaspium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
purple meadowparsnip

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Apiales
Family	Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus	Thaspium Nutt. – meadowparsnip
Species	Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray – purple meadowparsnip

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
purple meadow-parsnip		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29890.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 04:24 AM CDT