Ptilimnium capillaceum
Mock Bishopweed
NATIVE
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Leaves thread-like, divided several times
Credit: J Richard Abbott (iNaturalist). Used with permission.
FIELD ID CHARACTERISTICS:
This species usually has 10 or more umbellets per flowering umbel, and 10 or more flowers per umbellet.
Description: Fine-leaved, semi-erect herb, 30 to 60 cm tall, with tiny, white, umbel flowers.
Leaves: Leaves thread-like, divided several times.
Flowers/Fruit: Umbels of tiny white flowers, petals only about 1 mm long and wide. Fruits light brown, ribbed oval-shaped. Flowers June to August; fruits July to September.
Habit and Range: Open and sunny wet places, such as marshes, ditches, depressions, and swamp and bottomland openings in the Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont.
Typical Max Plant Height (m):
0.5
Leaf Arrangement:
Alternate
Leaf Division:
Pinnately Compound
Leaf Margin:
Entire
Leaf Shape:
Linear
Inflorescence Color:
White
Fruit Color:
Brown
Lifespan:
Perennial
Group:
Dicot
Family:
Apiaceae / Parsley
Ecoregions Found In:
Piedmont,
Coastal Plain
