Thaspium Explained

Thaspium is a genus of flowering plants in the Apiaceae (parsley or carrot family). A common name for the various Thaspium species is meadowparsnip or meadow-parsip. Its native range is eastern North America, from eastern Texas in the southwest to Maine in the northeast.

Species

There are four accepted Thaspium species and one accepted variety:

• Thaspium barbinode (Michx.) Nutt. – hairyjoint meadowparsnip^[1]
• Thaspium chapmanii (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Small – hairy meadow-parsnip^[2]
• Thaspium pinnatifidum (Buckley) A. Gray – cutleaf meadowparsnip^[3]
• Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray – purple meadowparsnip^[4]

• T. trifoliatum var. aureum (Nutt.) Britton

External links

• "The Unk Weed Remedy," 1872 patent medicine advertisement for extract of Thaspium cordatum originis.

Notes and References

1. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THBA Thaspium barbinode
2. http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=THACHA Thaspium chapmanii
3. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THPI Thaspium pinnatifidum
4. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THTR Thaspium trifoliatum