''Thaspium '' is a

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(parsley or carrot family). A common name for the various ''Thaspium'' species is meadowparsnip or meadow-parsip. Its native range is eastern North America, from eastern

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in the southwest to

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in the northeast.

Species

There are four accepted ''Thaspium'' species and one accepted variety: * '' Thaspium barbinode'' (Michx.) Nutt. – hairyjoint meadowparsnip''Thaspium barbinode''
USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011 * '' Thaspium chapmanii'' (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Small – hairy meadow-parsnip''Thaspium chapmanii''
Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium 21 Nov. 2011 * '' Thaspium pinnatifidum'' (Buckley) A. Gray – cutleaf meadowparsnip''Thaspium pinnatifidum''
USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011 * '' Thaspium trifoliatum'' (L.) A. Gray – purple meadowparsnip''Thaspium trifoliatum''
USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011 ::*''T. trifoliatum'' var. ''aureum'' (Nutt.) Britton

References

External links

"The Unk Weed Remedy,"
1872 patent medicine advertisement for extract of ''Thaspium cordatum originis.'' Apioideae Apioideae genera {{Apiaceae-stub