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Ranunculaceae
Trautvetteria

not marked as a favorite taxon Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail. Common name: Tassel-rue, False Bugbane. Phenology: Late May-Aug. Habitat: Streambanks, seepages, grassy balds, moist forests, swamp forests, prairies, very rarely in calcareous longleaf pine savanna ecotones. Distribution: Sw. PA and KY to n. GA, primarily in the Southern and Central Appalachians.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: W. North American and e. Asian Trautvetteria has sometimes been considered conspecific with T. caroliniensis, but should not be so regarded. Additionally, T. applanata and T. fonticalcarea are here accorded species status distinct from T. caroliniensis s.s.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Floden & Schilling (2018a); = Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail var. caroliniensis — NS; < Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail — F, FNA3, G, GW2, Il, Mo3, Pa, POWO, RAB, S13, Tn, Va, W, WV, Floden (2011); >< Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail — S; < Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Walter) Vail var. caroliniensis — C, K4; > Trautvetteria nervata Greene — S. Basionym: Hydrastis caroliniensis Walter 1788

Links to other floras: < Trautvetteria caroliniensis - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Trautvetteria caroliniensis© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Trautvetteria caroliniensis© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Trautvetteria caroliniensis© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Trautvetteria caroliniensis© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Trautvetteria caroliniensis© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Trautvetteria caroliniensis© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Trautvetteria caroliniensis© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Trautvetteria caroliniensis© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Trautvetteria caroliniensis© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial found along stream banks and in seepages, grassy balds, moist forests, and swamp forests (rarely in calcareous longleaf pine savanna ecotones).

Stems: Stems branched, mostly smooth, erect.

Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on stem, petiolate, kidney-shaped, to 14 in. long and wide, palmately lobed into 5-11 sharply toothed segments (reduced and sessile upward).

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a flat- to round-topped, short-branched terminal cluster; white to greenish; 1/2-1 in. wide; consisting of 4 (sometimes 3 or 5) petal-like sepals and numerous long, white stamens clustered around a bright green, compound ovary.

Fruits: Fruit a cluster of plump, curved-beaked, fleshy seeds.

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Height: 1.5-4 ft.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial found along stream banks and in seepages, grassy balds, moist forests, and swamp forests (rarely in calcareous longleaf pine savanna ecotones).

stems: Stems branched, mostly smooth, erect.

leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on stem, petiolate, kidney-shaped, to 14 in. long and wide, palmately lobed into 5-11 sharply toothed segments (reduced and sessile upward).

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a flat- to round-topped, short-branched terminal cluster; white to greenish; 1/2-1 in. wide; consisting of 4 (sometimes 3 or 5) petal-like sepals and numerous long, white stamens clustered around a bright green, compound ovary.

fruits: Fruit a cluster of plump, curved-beaked, fleshy seeds.

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