Atrema americanum DC.

Prairie Bishop

Herb

Annual

Vascular

Prairie Bishop is a native annual herbaceous species in the Carrot family (Apiaceae). It is found primarily in Texas and Oklahoma, but is disjunct in central Alabama. Prairie Bishop occurs in prairies, in pastures, and on roadsides in the Black Belt region of the state. It is an annual with a tap root. The stem is erect, 6-20 inches tall, branched above the middle, with ridges having minute teeth. The stem is green in color and has a faint carrot-like smell when broken. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, and 3–pinnately compound or dissected. Flowers are produced in a terminal, flat-topped, compound umbel. Individual flowers have 5 white, heart-shaped petals. The fruit is a schizocarp. This species was until recently known as Bifora americana Benth. & Hook. f. ex S. Watson.--A. Diamond

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