Thaspium

Thaspium is a genus of flowering plants in the Apiaceae (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 Texas in the southwest to Maine in the northeast.

Species

There are four accepted Thaspium species and one accepted variety:

• Thaspium barbinode <small>(Michx.) Nutt.</small> – hairyjoint meadowparsnip
• Thaspium chapmanii <small>(J.M. Coult. & Rose) Small</small> – hairy meadow-parsnip
• Thaspium pinnatifidum <small>(Buckley) A. Gray</small> – cutleaf meadowparsnip
• Thaspium trifoliatum <small>(L.) A. Gray</small> – purple meadowparsnip

References

External links

• "The Unk Weed Remedy," 1872 patent medicine advertisement for extract of Thaspium cordatum originis.