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Rosaceae > Gillenia (Indian physic)

Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata) Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata)
Whitewater Falls, Jackson Co., NC
14 May 2006

Found in the NC mountains and piedmont, Mountain Indian Physic is fairly common and grows in and along the edges of mesic forested habitats.

Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata)
Whitewater Falls, Jackson Co., NC
14 May 2006
Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata) Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata)
Clay Co., NC
20 May 2007
Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata) Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata)
Clay Co., NC
20 May 2007
Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata) Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata)
Clay Co., NC
20 May 2007
Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata) Mountain Indian Physic, Bowman's Root (Gillenia trifoliata)
Clay Co., NC
20 May 2007

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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