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Taenidia integerrima

Taenidia integerrima (L.) Drude

yellow pimpernel

Image ID: 17716
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: TAIN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Taenidia integerrima
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2019-01-23

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: TAENI
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Taenidia
GENUS AUTHORITY: (Torr. & A. Gray) Drude
GENUS COMMON: Taenidia
GENUS SUMMARY: (by D.B. Poindexter and A.S. Weakley)
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Mathias & Constance (1945)=MC; Cronquist (1982)=Z.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: APIACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Apiaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Lindley 1836 or UMBELLIFERAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Carrot Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 445 genera and about 3540 species of herbs (rarely shrubs or trees), cosmopolitan, but especially north temperate. Hydrocotyle is more closely related to Araliaceae, and has been transferred there (Chandler & Plunkett 2004).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Mathias & Constance (1945)=MC. [also see ARALIACEAE]

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Erect perennial of rocky, dry to dry-moist forests and woodlands over mafic or calcareous rock, such as diabase, amphibolite, calcareous siltstone, calcareous shale or limestone.
STEMS: Stems slender, sparingly branched, dull green to reddish brown with whitish coating, smooth.
LEAVES: Leaves alternate, petioles with sheathing bases, 1-2 times ternately divided, the ultimate leaflets oval to oblong and about 1 in. long and smooth.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Flowers in composite umbels 4-7 in. wide at ends of some branches, the 12-15 stalked umbellets widely spaced and containing about 12 flowers. Flowers yellow, tiny (less than 1/4 in. wide), with 5 petals.
FRUITS: Fruit a joined pair of oval, ridged seeds with one flattened side (pentagonal in cross-section).
COMMENTS: Has a light, celery-like odor. The fruits of the very similar T. montana have prominent wings.
HEIGHT: 1-3 ft.

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY:
LEAF RETENTION:

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Radial (Actinomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Apr-May

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
		x	x	x	x	x

BLOOM COLOR: Yellow

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
				x

FRUITING PERIOD: May-Jun.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Dry forests
NATIVE RANGE: eastern & central North America

HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text:

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Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE:
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GERMINATION CODE: 2
WILDLIFE VALUE:
DEER RESISTANCE:

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
239	HORT	2008-08-11	Walker	View
366	HORT	2010-08-02	Poythress	View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
240	2011-0068	2011-04-05	239	View
362	2011-0234	2011-11-29	366	View
3959	1992-0115			View
9456	2021-0115	2021-08-19	0	View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
535	240	32	NCBG staff	2011-03-29	View
536	240	32	NCBG staff	2011-04-07	View
537	240	32	Marchal	2011-05-11	View
538	240	32	Fache	2011-05-17	View
539	240	12	Liloia	2012-05-01	View
878	362	12	Poythress	2011-10-27	View
6287	3959	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
12862	9456	12	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: TAIN
USDA Common Name: Yellow Pimpernel
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Taenidia integerrima
COMMON NAME: Yellow Pimpernel
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, G, Il, K, MC, Pa, RAB, S, Va, W, WV, Z]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-May; May-Jun.
HABITAT: In rocky, dry to dry-mesic forests and woodlands over mafic or calcareous rock, such as diabase, amphibolite, calcareous siltstone, calcareous shale, or limestone.
COMMENTS: QC, ON, MN, and SD south to c. GA, AL, MS, LA, and TX.
RANGE MAP: Taenidia integerrima.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Apiaceae Lindley 1836 or UMBELLIFERAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Carrot Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 445 genera and about 3540 species of herbs (rarely shrubs or trees), cosmopolitan, but especially north temperate. Hydrocotyle is more closely related to Araliaceae, and has been transferred there (Chandler & Plunkett 2004).
REFERENCE: Mathias & Constance (1945)=MC. [also see ARALIACEAE]

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Taenidia (Torr. & A. Gray) Drude (Taenidia)
SUMMARY: (by D.B. Poindexter and A.S. Weakley)
REFERENCE: Mathias & Constance (1945)=MC; Cronquist (1982)=Z.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Taenidia integerrima in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Taenidia integerrima in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Taenidia integerrima in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Taenidia integerrima in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Taenidia integerrima in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Taenidia integerrima

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 17716 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 22515 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 22514 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)