Trautvetteria caroliniensis

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Trautvetteria caroliniensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Trautvetteria
Species:
T. caroliniensis
Binomial name
Trautvetteria caroliniensis
(Walter) Vail
Synonyms [1]
  • Actaea grandis(Nutt.) D.Dietr.
  • Hydrastis canadensisPoir.
  • Hydrastis carolinensisWalter
  • Trautvetteria applanataGreene
  • Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. coriacea(Huth) K.C.Davis
  • Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis(A.Gray) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Trautvetteria fimbriataGreene
  • Trautvetteria grandisNutt.
  • Trautvetteria mediaGreene
  • Trautvetteria nervataGreene
  • Trautvetteria palmata var. coriaceaHuth
  • Trautvetteria rotundataGreene
  • Trautvetteria saniculifoliaGreene

Trautvetteria caroliniensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae native to North America. [1] It is known by the common names Carolina bugbane, [2] false bugbane, and tassel-rue. The genus is named for the botanist Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter. [3]

This plant is native to Asia and eastern and western North America. It grows in moist wooded areas and other habitat. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing an erect stem up to 1.5 meters in maximum height. The large leaf has a palmate blade up to 30 or 40 centimeters wide with deeply divided, pointed, toothed lobes. The blade is borne on a long, slender petiole which may measure up to 45 centimeters long. The leaf is green, darker on top and paler underneath. The inflorescence is a panicle with several clusters of flowers on branches. The flower has no petals and is mostly made up of many long, white stamens each up to a centimeter long. At the center is a spherical cluster of green pistils. This develops into a spherical cluster of green fruits.

The plant contains protoanemonin, which may cause blistering or skin irritation. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trautvetteria caroliniensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. "Trautvetteria". Flora of North America.
  4. Fagan, Damian (2019). Wildflowers of Oregon: A Field Guide to Over 400 Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Coast, Cascades, and High Desert. Guilford, CT: FalconGuides. p. 79. ISBN   978-1-4930-3633-2. OCLC   1073035766.