Gillenia trifoliata

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRosaceae
Family (Traditional)Rosaceae
GenusGillenia
Species:Gillenia trifoliata (L.) Moench
Common NameBowmans Root
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Aggregate; Fruit Type: Follicle; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Bell (KY), Carter (KY), Casey (KY), Greenup (KY), Harlan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Russell (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1940 - 2008

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100627023 Morgan Tennessee 23 May 1980 T. Filipczak
188
EKY
Gillenia trifoliata
31234100627015 Grundy Tennessee 22 May 1987 Ronald L. Jones
4786
EKY
Gillenia trifoliata
31234100626983 McCreary Kentucky 05 Jun 2000 Ronald L. Jones
9294
EKY
Gillenia trifoliata
31234100627031 Polk Tennessee 21 May 1980 Brian Boom
458
EKY
Gillenia trifoliata
31234100626975 Bell Kentucky 20 May 1988 Ralph L. Thompson
88-442
EKY
Gillenia trifoliata
BEREA019889 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114867 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114903 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114945 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114896 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114861 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114859 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114843 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114891 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114930 Wolfe Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114884 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114847 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114894 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114947 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114892 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114877 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114845 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114949 Lyon Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114893 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114888 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114846 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114929 Todd Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114850 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114882 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114852 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114907 White Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114844 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114841 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114858 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114889 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114900 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114857 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114875 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114905 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114873 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114890 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114883 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114870 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114842 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114862 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114865 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114950 Trigg Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114848 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114879 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114902 Union Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114878 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114871 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114876 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114854 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114856 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114948 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114868 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114840 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114906 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114874 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114886 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114849 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114869 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114863 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114897 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114855 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114927 Casey Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114918 Russell Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0242080 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114928 Greenup Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114901 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114864 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114967 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114860 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114899 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014832 Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014830 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014827 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014837 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014831 Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014834 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014843 Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014828 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014835 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014825 Blount Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT014829 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0055629 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0058119 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0097168 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0004906 Van Buren Tennessee 06 Jun 1967 Rhonda Riggins
96
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0085973 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0097254 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0004904 Campbell Tennessee 06 May 2008 Aaron Floden
525
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0052172 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0105254 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0044573 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
APSC0097169 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU035137 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023438 Van Buren Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023434 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023431 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023440 Sequatchie Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023439 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU019836 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023436 Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023429 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023433 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023437 Roane Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023442 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023432 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023435 Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023430 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
HTTU023443 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Gillenia trifoliata
MTSU007761 DeKalb Tennessee 30 May 1987 Landon E. McKinney
2659
MTSU
Gillenia trifoliata
MTSU007762 Cumberland Tennessee 19 May 1940 Gentry Moffitt
MTSU
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT031928 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
UCHT031929 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT151751 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT151746 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152149 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT151748 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152145 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT151747 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152153 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152148 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152143 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152151 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152146 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT151745 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT151750 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152150 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152152 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152142 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152147 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT151749 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
BRIT152144 Tennessee
VDB
Gillenia trifoliata
ETSU030682 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Gillenia trifoliata
ETSU008723 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Gillenia trifoliata
ETSU035288 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114853 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114887 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114839 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114885 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114881 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114872 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114851 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114898 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114946 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114880 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114866 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114904 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
TENN-V-0114895 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Gillenia trifoliata
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Gillenia trifoliata - Ashley B. Morris
Gillenia trifoliata - Ashley B. Morris
Gillenia trifoliata - Ashley B. Morris
Gillenia trifoliata - Ashley B. Morris
Gillenia trifoliata - Dwayne Estes
Gillenia trifoliata - Dwayne Estes
Gillenia trifoliata - Dwayne Estes
Gillenia trifoliata - Dwayne Estes
Gillenia trifoliata - Dwayne Estes
Gillenia trifoliata - Dwayne Estes
Gillenia trifoliata - Joey Shaw
Gillenia trifoliata - Joey Shaw
Gillenia trifoliata - Joey Shaw
Gillenia trifoliata - Joey Shaw
Gillenia trifoliata - Milo Pyne
Gillenia trifoliata - Milo Pyne
Gillenia trifoliata - Milo Pyne
Gillenia trifoliata - Milo Pyne
Gillenia trifoliata - Tara Littlefield
Gillenia trifoliata - Tara Littlefield