Cynosciadium digitatum
finger dogshade, fringed dogshade
Family
Apiaceae
Leaf Arrangement
basal (rosulate)
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
entire
Leaf Type
cauline, compound, dissected, simple
Leaf Shape
linear, lanceolate
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
white
Flower Month
May - July
Height (meters)
0.1 - 0.5
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
annual
Growing Season
Warm season
Wetland Class
FACW
Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism
4
Field Characters
Digitate leavs with 3 (5) leaflets with joints. Fruit constricted to a narrow neck and not winged dorsally. (Similar to Oxypolis filiformis which has more leaflets, which are longer and filiform with no apparent joints. Its fruit has no neck and are winged dorsally)
Natural History
Finger dogshade is found in wet places in north and central Louisiana and the Coastal and Blackland prairies of Texas. It ranges from Texas north to Missouri, and east to Louisiana.
Habitat
Wet places and roadside ditches.