Characteristics
Dicots
Thaspium trifoliatum (L.)A.Gray
PURPLE MEADOWPARSNIP
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Native
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Classification
APIALES
Thaspium trifoliatum (L.)A.Gray - PURPLE MEADOWPARSNIP
Citation
THASPIUM TRIFOLIATUM (Linnaeus) A. Gray, Manual, ed. 2. 156. 1856.
Thapsia trifoliata Linnaeus 1753.
VIRGINIA: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 368.3). Lectotypified by Fernald, Rhodora 41: 442. 1939.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Calhoun
USF
 
Gadsden
USF
 
Holmes
FLAS
 
Jackson
FSU
 
Liberty
FLAS
 
Washington
FTG
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Cnidium atropurpureum
Cnidium atropurpureum (Desrousseaux) Sprengel, in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 6: 418. 1820.
BASIONYM: Smyrnium atropurpureum Desrousseaux 1791.
 
Smyrnium atropurpureum
Smyrnium atropurpureum Desrousseaux, in Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 667. 1791.
 
 
Smyrnium cordatum
Smyrnium cordatum Walter, Fl. Carol. 114. 1788, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Thapsia trifoliata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Thapsia trifoliata
Thapsia trifoliata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 262. 1753.
 
TYPE: VIRGINIA: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 368.3). Lectotypified by Fernald, Rhodora 41: 442. 1939.
Thaspium atropurpureum
Thaspium atropurpureum (Desrousseaux) Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 196. 1818.
BASIONYM: Smyrnium atropurpureum Desrousseaux 1791.
 
Thaspium aureum var. atropurpureum
Thaspium aureum (Linnaeus) Nuttall, var. atropurpureum (Desrousseaux) J. M. Coulter & Rose, Bot. Gaz. 12; !36. 1887.
BASIONYM: Smyrnium atropurpureum Desrousseaux 1791.
 
Thaspium aureum var. cordatum
Thaspium aureum (Linnaeus) Nuttall, var. cordatum Britton et al., Prelim. Cat. 22. 1888, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Smyrnium cordatum Walter 1788, nom. illegit.; Thapsia trifoliata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Thaspium aureum var. trifoliatum
Thaspium aureum (Linnaeus) Nuttall, var. trifoliatum (Linnaeus) Britton et al., Prelim. Cat. 22. 1888.
BASIONYM: Thapsia trifoliata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Thaspium cordatum
Thaspium cordatum Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 615. 1840, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Smyrnium cordatum Walter 1788, nom. illegit.; Thapsia trifoliata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Thaspium cordatum var. atropurpureum
Thaspium cordatum Torrey & A. Gray, var. atropurpureum A. W. Wood, Class-Book Bot., ed. 2. 289. 1847, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Thaspium cordatum Torrey & A. Gray 1840, nom. illegit.; Smyrnium cordatum Walter 1788, nom. illegit.; Thapsia trifoliata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Counties listed: Alcorn, Butler, Calhoun, Gadsden, Geneva, Greene, Lee, Lincoln, Lowndes, Monroe, Tallahatchie, Tishomingo, Wayne, Webst

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2010

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Alabama
Butler Co.
22 Apr 2010
21277
A. R. Diamond
USA
Alabama
Geneva Co.
06 Apr 1957
55504
R. K. Godfrey
USA
Alabama
Greene Co.
20 Apr 1955
3614
G. R. Cooley
USA
Florida
Calhoun Co.
02 May 2010
1005
T. MacClendon
USA
Florida
Gadsden Co.
17 Mar 1992
s.n.
R. Mears
USA
Florida
Gadsden Co.
24 Mar 1990
13006
S. L. Orzell
USA
Florida
Gadsden Co.
02 May 1991
16468
S. L. Orzell
USA
Florida
Gadsden Co.
24 Mar 1990
13007
S. L. Orzell
USA
Mississippi
Alcorn Co.
06 Jun 1957
5147
G. R. Cooley
USA
Mississippi
Lee Co.
29 Jul 1955
4655
J. D. Ray, Jr.
Plant Photos
Thaspium trifoliatum - 159
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Thaspium trifoliatum - 300
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Thaspium trifoliatum - 300
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