Gillenia stipulata, or American ipecac, is an herbacious perennial plant in the genus Gillenia, in the family Rosaceae,[1] native to the United States from Texas to the west and south, New York to the North, and North Carolina to the east.[2] The species grows in dry uplands and open woods, usually on acidic soils. It reaches a height of about 1 metre (3.3 ft) and has white flowers with 5 very narrow petals spaced widely apart.[3]
Gillenia stipulata | |
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Illustration from Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown's (1913) Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Gillenia |
Species: | G. stipulata
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Binomial name | |
Gillenia stipulata | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gillenia stipulata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "2013 BONAP North American Plant Atlas. TaxonMaps". bonap.net.
- ^ Denison, Edgar (2017). Missouri Wildflowers. Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-887247-59-7.