Ammoselinum butleri (Engelm. ex S. Watson) J.M. Coult. & Rose

Butler's Sand Parsley

Herb

Annual

Vascular

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This species was first reported for Alabama in 2007 based on a 2005 Sumter County collection (<em>Keener #2614</em>). However, an earlier record, and apparently the first from Alabama, was collected in Etowah County (<em>Hodge-Spaulding #4434</em>) in 1996. The Etowah record was originally misidentified as <strong><em>Apium leptophyllum</em></strong> [=<em>Cyclospermum leptophyllum</em>] of which <em><strong>Ammoselinum butleri</strong></em> could be easily confused. The species was probably present in Alabama much earlier than both of these records but went undetected due to the low stature in lawns.--<em>B.R. Keener</em>

Not Native FAC (NWPL)

Keener, B. R. 2007. Noteworthy collections: Alabama. Castanea 72: 47-48.