EcoFlora - Panax trifolius

Panax trifolius L.
Family: Araliaceae Dwarf Ginseng [Ginseng trifolium, moreNanopanax trifolius (L.) A. Haines] Scott Namestnik	Gleason & Cronquist Indiana Flora Resources Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Androdioecious; root globose; stem 1-2 dm; lfls 3-5, sessile or nearly so, lanceolate to elliptic or oblanceolate, 4-8 cm, obtuse or subacute, finely serrate; peduncle 2-8 cm; fls white or tinged with pink, often unisexual; styles usually 3; fr yellow, 5 mm thick; 2n=24. Rich woods and bottomlands; Que. and N.S. to Minn., s. to Pa., Ind., and Io., and along the mts. to Ga. Apr., May. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission. From Flora of Indiana (1940) by Charles C. Deam Leaves usually 3, sometimes 4. Mostly in moist, rich beech and sugar maple woods and rarely in wet places in woods. It is rather local in a few of the northern counties and reappears in slightly acid soil in Decatur and Jennings Counties. The plant is rather inconspicuous and may be more common than the reports indicate. …… Indiana Coefficient of Conservatism: C = 9 Wetland Indicator Status: N/A
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