Eastern lilaeopsis (Lilaeopsis chinensis) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 3
Species Information
Name and classification
Scientific Name:
Lilaeopsis chinensis (L.) Kuntze
Bibliographic citation:
Kuntze, C.E.O. 1898. Revisio Generum Plantarum 3(2): 114.
Synonyms:
- Lilaeopsis lineata (Michx.) Greene
- Lilaeopsis fistulosa A.W.Hill
- Crantzia chinensis (L.) Druce
- Crantzia lineata (Michx.) Nutt.
- Crantziola lineata (Michx.) Koso-Poljansky
- Hallomuellera lineata (Michx.) Kuntze
- Hydrocotyle chinensis (L.)
- Hydrocotyle ligulata Bosc ex DeCandolle
- Hydrocotyle lineata Michx.
- Hydrocotyle sinensisJ.F.Gmel
English Names:
Lilaeopsis, Eastern Lilaeopsis, Eastern Grasswort, Lily-Parsley
French Names:
Liléopsis de l’Est
Family Name:
Apiaceae (Parsley Family)
Major plant group:
Dicot flowering plant
L. chinensis is a small perennial herb growing low to the substrate with dark linear leaf-like structures that arise from a thin rhizome and grow to a few centimetres in height. Short umbels of 5-7 small white flowers are produced in August and September. Flowers have five petals. Descriptions of L. chinensis are found in Affolter (1985), Gleason (1978) and Zinck (1998), and the species is illustrated in these publications and in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Illustration of Lilaeopsis chinensis.
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