Oxypolis temata

Oxypolis temata (Nutt.) A. Heller, Cat. N. Am. PL 5. 1898
Peucedanum ternatum Nutt. Gen. 1: 182. 1818. Archemora denticulata DC. Prodr. 4: 188. 1830. Oxypolis denticulata Raf. Bull. Bot. Seringe 218. 1830. Achemora trifoliata Raf. Herb. Raf. 78. 1833. Solaria linearis Raf. New Fl. 4: 21. 1838. Solaria linearis var. lortgipes Raf. New Fl. 4: 21. 1838. Neurophvllum longifolium T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 613. 1840. Archemora temata Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 631. 1840. Pastinaca dentUulata D. Dietr. Syn. PI. 2: 971. 1840. Tiedemannia temata Coult. & Rose, Bot. Gaz. 12: 74. 1887.
Plants 6-9 dm. high; leaves deltoid in general outline, excluding the petioles 7-22 cm. long, simply ternate or occasionally with only 1 or 2 leaflets, the leaflets linear-oblong to filiform, 7-22 cm. long, 1-6 mm. broad, acute, entire; petioles 10-30 cm. long; cauline leaves often reduced to a solitary leaflet; peduncles 2-10 cm. long; involucre of 1 or more filiform bracts 5-10 mm. long, or wanting ; involucel of several filiform bractlets 2-4 mm. long; rays 4-10, spreadingascending, 2.5-7 cm. long; pedicels spreading-ascending, 5-15 mm. long; calyx-teeth ovate, minute; fruit oval to orbicular, 3-5 mm. long, 3-3.5 mm. broad.
Type locality: "On the bushy margins of swamps, in the pine forests of North and South Carolina," Nuttall. .
Distribution: North Carolina to Florida {Biltmore Herb. 49 1 , Curtiss WW).