Trautvetteria caroliniensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Trautvetteria |
| Species: | T. caroliniensis
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| Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail
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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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Stem leaves are deeply lobed (background leaves are Rubus)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trautvetteria caroliniensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Trautvetteria". Flora of North America.
- ^ 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.