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Cryptotaenia

not marked as a favorite taxon Cryptotaenia canadensis (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Honewort, Wild Chervil. Phenology: May-Jun; Jun-Aug. Habitat: Moist and nutrient-rich forests (alluvial, bottomland, slope, and cove forests). Distribution: NB and QC to MB, south to e. GA, sw. GA, Panhandle FL, AL, and TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Closely related to C. japonica Hasskarl of e. Asia, which has sometimes been subsumed within it.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, F, Fl7, FNA13, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, MC, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, WV; = Deringa canadensis (L.) Kuntze — S, S13, illegitimate; < Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. — C, G; Sison canadense Linnaeus. Basionym: Sison canadense L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Cryptotaenia canadensis - FNA13; = Cryptotaenia canadensis - FNA13

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 3

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of moist, nutrient-rich forests, such as alluvial, bottomland, slope and cove forests.

Stems: Stems slender, branched, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with sheathing bases, divided into 3 oval or diamond-shaped, toothed leaflets that are 1 1/2-3 in. long (these sometimes further lobed) and smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in open, sparsely flowered umbels at top of stem and from upper leaf axils, white, minute, consisting of 5 tiny petals.

Fruits: Fruit a joined pair of blackish, very slender, ribbed seeds.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect perennial of moist, nutrient-rich forests, such as alluvial, bottomland, slope and cove forests.

stems: Stems slender, branched, smooth.

leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with sheathing bases, divided into 3 oval or diamond-shaped, toothed leaflets that are 1 1/2-3 in. long (these sometimes further lobed) and smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in open, sparsely flowered umbels at top of stem and from upper leaf axils, white, minute, consisting of 5 tiny petals.

fruits: Fruit a joined pair of blackish, very slender, ribbed seeds.

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native range: eastern North America



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