Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Erigenia bulbosa (Michx.) Nutt. Gen. 1: 1S8. 1818
Sison bulbosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 169. 1803.
Ligusticum bulbosum Pers. Syn. PI. 1: 315. 1805.
Sium pusillum Poir. in Lam. Encyc. Suppl. 1: 622. 1811. Not S. pusillum Nutt. 1840.
Hydrocotyle bipinnata Raf. Med Repos. II. 5: 353. 1808 (nomen nudum); Muhl. Cat. 30. 1813.
Hydrocolyle dissecta Raf. Med. Repos. II. 5: 353. 1808. (Nomen nudum.)
Hydrocotyle ambigua Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 732. 1814.
Hydrocotyle composita Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 190. 1814.
Hydrocotyle bulbosa Eaton & Wright. N. Am. Bot. 277. 1840.
Plants 5-20 cm. high; leaves broadly ovate in general outline, excluding the petioles 6-11 cm. long, 1-12 cm. broad, the ultimate divisions linear to spatulate, 3-12 mm. long, 0.5-4 mm. broad, obtuse, minutely cuspidate, distinct; petioles 1.5-2 cm. long; peduncles 3-10 cm. long; bractlets of the involucel 6-10 mm. long; rays 1-4, 2-3.5 cm. long; pedicels 1-2 mm. long; fruit 3 mm. long, 5 mm. broad.
Type locality: "Propre Knoxville," Tennessee, Michaux ?
Distribution: New York to the District of Columbia and Alabama, west to Minnesota, Kansas, and Arkansas (Palmer 1598, 33.239, Ruth 2887).
- bibliographic citation
- Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Erigenia bulbosa
Add the synonym: Erigenia Shortiana Raf. Cat. Bot. Gard. Trans. Univ. 14. 1824. (Nomen nudum.)
- bibliographic citation
- Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
