Thaspium
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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|authority = Nutt.
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|Thaspium trifoliatum |{{cite web|title=Thaspium Nutt.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30011901-2
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Thaspium is a genus of flowering plants in the Apiaceae (parsley or carrot family). A common name for the various Thaspium species is meadowparsnip{{PLANTS|id=THASP|taxon=Thaspium|accessdate=9 December 2015}} or meadow-parsip. Its native range is eastern North America, from eastern Texas in the southwest to Maine in the northeast.{{GBIF|id=3034872|taxon=Thaspium Nutt.|access-date=22 December 2022}}
Species
There are four accepted Thaspium species and one accepted variety:
- Thaspium barbinode (Michx.) Nutt. – hairyjoint meadowparsnip[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THBA Thaspium barbinode] USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011
- Thaspium chapmanii (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Small – hairy meadow-parsnip[http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=THACHA Thaspium chapmanii] Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium 21 Nov. 2011
- Thaspium pinnatifidum (Buckley) A. Gray – cutleaf meadowparsnip[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THPI Thaspium pinnatifidum] USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011
- Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray – purple meadowparsnip[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THTR Thaspium trifoliatum] USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011
::*T. trifoliatum var. aureum (Nutt.) Britton
References
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External links
- [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2298723/the_unk_weed_remedy_oregon_rheumatic/ "The Unk Weed Remedy,"] 1872 patent medicine advertisement for extract of Thaspium cordatum originis.
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