Flora of North America species comparison

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Gillenia stipulata

American ipecac, Indian physic
Leaves

stipules persistent, depressed-ovate, 10–20(–25) × 10–20 mm (foliaceous), margins serrate to doubly serrate;

leaflet blade ovate-oblong, those of proximal leaves laciniately lobed or dissected, abaxial surface densely sessile- or stipitate-glandular, otherwise hirsute to hirsutulous or rarely glabrous, adaxial hirsutulous, eglandular or sparsely sessile-glandular.
Hypanthia

4.5–5.5 mm.
Petals

10–13 mm.
Follicles

long-beaked, slightly to prominently rugulose, glabrous or glabrate.
2n

= 18.

Gillenia stipulata
Phenology Flowering (Apr–)May–Jul.
Habitat Rich woods, post oak woodlands, moist places in 2d-growth pine hills, low woods, ravines, stream valleys, prairie thickets, dry, rocky slopes
Elevation 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NY; OH; OK; PA; TN; TX; VA; WV
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Source FNA vol. 9, p. 425.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Gillenieae > Gillenia
Sibling taxa
G. trifoliata
Synonyms Spiraea stipulata, Porteranthus stipulatus
Name authority (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) Nuttall: in W. P. C. Barton, Veg. Mater. Med. U.S. 1: 71. (1817)
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