Panax trifolius

Classification	Dicots
Family	Araliaceae
Family (Traditional)	Araliaceae
Genus	Panax
Species:	Panax trifolius L.
Common Name	Dwarf Ginseng
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: spiral; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 3; Leaflet Number: 5; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Carpel Number/Pistil: 5; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 0; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sexuality: monoecious; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Fusion: N/A; Tepal Number: 0
C value	7
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Ginseng trifolium	Ginseng trifolium

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Campbell (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), McCreary (KY), Menifee (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Campbell (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Grundy (TN), Marion (TN), Overton (TN), Putnam (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, TENN, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
N/A	Van Buren	Tennessee	20 Apr 2001	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Panax trifolius
HTTU031601	Marion	Tennessee			HTTU Panax trifolius
31234100208519	McCreary	Kentucky	18 Apr 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1254	EKY Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159277	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159273	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159281	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159284	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159280	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159271	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159279	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159274	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159287	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159272	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159282	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159276	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
000295	Van Buren	Tennessee	20 Apr 2001	Chris A. Fleming FCF-109	BOON Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159285	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159275	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
MEM005459	Sevier	Tennessee	27 Apr 1968	Robert W. McGowan s.n.	MEM Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159270	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159286	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159283	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
TENN-V-0159278	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Panax trifolius
BEREA002425	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Panax trifolius
BEREA002426	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Panax trifolius
31234100208477	Laurel	Kentucky	21 Apr 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85-49	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208535	Menifee	Kentucky	21 Apr 1996	Mary Carol Cooper 28	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208568	Rockcastle	Kentucky	24 Apr 1993	Randy L. Mears 93-75	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100777570	Menifee	Kentucky	17 Apr 2017	Thomas McFadden 431	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208550	Pulaski	Kentucky	08 Apr 2000	Robert C. Oney 6	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208436	Menifee	Kentucky	11 Apr 1975	J. Stuart Lassetter 2388	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208501	McCreary	Kentucky	19 Apr 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1322	EKY Panax trifolius
UOS00555	Grundy	Tennessee	14 Apr 2002	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Panax trifolius
ETSU011312		Tennessee			ETSU Panax trifolius
HTTU008546		Tennessee			HTTU Panax trifolius
HTTU008545		Tennessee			HTTU Panax trifolius
31234100208428	Campbell	Kentucky	01 May 1970	Mike Hassan	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208543	Pulaski	Kentucky	08 Apr 2000	Sherman Anderson 25	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208485	Laurel	Kentucky	16 May 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1725	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208444	Laurel	Kentucky	10 May 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1558	EKY Panax trifolius
HTTU001992	Warren	Tennessee			HTTU Panax trifolius
31234100208469	Laurel	Kentucky	17 Apr 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1211	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208527	McCreary	Kentucky	08 Apr 2000	Kara Beth Haynes 21	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100857356	Menifee	Kentucky	02 May 1988	Ross C. Clark 21463	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208451	Laurel	Kentucky	17 Apr 1979	Richard H. Hannan 1211	EKY Panax trifolius
31234100208493	Lee	Kentucky	27 Apr 1996	Danny Husband 24	EKY Panax trifolius

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Panax trifolius

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