Ptilimnium

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Ptilimnium nuttallii.jpg

|image_caption = Ptilimnium nuttallii

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Ptilimnium

|authority = Raf.

|type_species = Ptilimnium capillaceum

|type_species_authority = (Michx.) Raf.lectotype designated by Coulter et J. N. Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 7: 118 (1900)

|synonyms =

• Discopleura DC.

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Ptilimnium Raf.. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30026519-2 |access-date=2022-12-17 }}

}}

Ptilimnium is a group of plants in the family Apiaceae described as a genus in 1819.Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1819 American Monthly Magazine 4: 192[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020274 Tropicos, Ptilimnium Raf.] The common name is mock bishopweed{{PLANTS|id=PTILI|taxon=Ptilimnium|accessdate=15 October 2015}} or mock bishop's weed. It is endemic to the United States, primarily in the Southeast, the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the Lower Great Plains.[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Ptilimnium Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]