North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

Apiaceae > Oxypolis (Dropwort, Hog-fennel, Cowbane)

Generally rare to locally uncommon in North Carolina, Savanna Cowbane is on the NC Watch List and grows in seepages in the sandhills and pine savannas in the coastal plain. The old common name of Piedmont Cowbane is a bit of a misnomer.

Briefly treated as Oxypolis denticulata, recent research shows that the correct name is the original name of O. ternata.

Trifoliate leaves are reduced to slender, linear, blades and leaflets.

Founds statewide in NC growing in wet open areas like meadows and bogs