Gillenia stipulata

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| image = Gillenia stipulata BB-1913.png

| image_caption = Illustration from Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown's (1913) Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada.

| genus = Gillenia

| species = stipulata

| authority = (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.

| synonyms =

• Porteranthus stipulatus (Muhl. ex Willd.) Britton
• Spiraea stipulata Muhl. ex Willd.

| synonyms_ref = {{GRIN | accessdate = 25 January 2018}}

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Gillenia stipulata, or American ipecac, is an herbacious perennial plant in the genus Gillenia, in the family Rosaceae, native to the United States from Texas to the west and south, New York to the North, and North Carolina to the east.{{cite web |title=2013 BONAP North American Plant Atlas. TaxonMaps |url=http://bonap.net/Napa/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Gillenia |website=bonap.net}} The species grows in dry uplands and open woods, usually on acidic soils. It reaches a height of about {{convert |1|m|ft|}} and has white flowers with 5 very narrow petals spaced widely apart.{{cite book |last1=Denison |first1=Edgar |title=Missouri Wildflowers |date=2017 |publisher=Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri |isbn=978-1-887247-59-7 |page=34}}