Flowers, Native Plants, Thaspium

Thaspium trifoliatum

Posted on Feb 09, 2021Share on

Meadow Parsnip, Purple Meadow Parsnip - Thaspium trifoliatum 2
Photo Courtesy of John Hilty http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/

Common Name:  Meadow Parsnip, Purple Meadow Parsnip

Full to part sun, medium to moderately dry moisture level, grows in practically any soil including clay loam and rocky.  1-2 1/2 feet height, blooms spring into summer, yellow flowers, will naturalize.

Germination Code: M, C(120), G

Native Region: Lightly in Middle and East Tennessee

Attracts butterflies. Larval food for Black Swallowtail butterfly.

Meadow Parsnip, Purple Meadow Parsnip - Thaspium trifoliatum 3
Photo Courtesy of Prairie Moon Nursery http://www.prairiemoon.com/
Meadow Parsnip, Purple Meadow Parsnip - Thaspium trifoliatum
Photo Courtesy of John Hilty http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/

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Graphics credit, Katie Walberg.

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