Oxypolis
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Oxypolis (derivation not explained). Umbelliferae. A few erect glabrous wet-ground perennials in N. Amer., seldom used in bog- and swamp-gardening; formerly known as Tiedemannia. The plants have tuberous clustered roots: Lvs. pinnate or ternate, sometimes reduced to hollow and jointed phyllodia: fls. small, white, in compound mostly involucrate and involucel- late umbels: fr. glabrous, ovate or obovate, dorsally flattened, ribbed or winged. O. rigidius, Raf. (Tiedemannia rigida, Coult. & Rose), Cowbane, is a poisonous herb, 2-6 ft. tall, growing in swamps, N. Y. to Minn, and Fla., which was once offered in the trade: lvs. pinnate; Ifts. oblong to ovate-lanceolate or nearly linear, entire or sparsely dentate. Probably not now listed.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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