Yellow Pimpernel

(Taenidia integerrima)

 

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Yellow Pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)

Identification: Flowers yellow, arranged in open, sparse umbels. Stem smooth, slender, often with a whitish, waxy bloom. Leaves doubly compound divided into 3 to 5 leaflets with each leaflet itself irregularly divided. Leaflets ovate with smooth outer margins. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of eastern North America, Texas, and the Great Plains.

Habitat: Yellow Pimpernel is usually found in dry woods and along rocky hillsides.

Flowering period: May to July.

Yellow Pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)

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The compound leaves with smooth, untoothed leaflets are a distinctive feature of Yellow Pimpernel.

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