Photo by: Jeannie Brodhead, Saracennia Chapter FNPS
Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

water cowbane

Synonym(s):

Oxipolis filiformis

Genus species:

Tiedemannia filiformis subsp. filiformis

Family:

APIACEAE

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

To 4 ft.

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Blooms late summer and fall.

Noted For:

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Bog gardens, rain gardens, restoration areas.

Considerations:

All parts of this plant are poisonous if ingested.  Bruised leaves may produce a rash on bare skin

Availability:

Propagation:

Seed.

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Stays wet ---to--- Usually moist, occasional inundation

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Unknown

Soil or Other Substrate:

Soil pH:

slightly acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Caterpillars

Host plant for black swallowtail.





Attracts generalist pollinators.

Native Habitats:

Marshes, wet flatwoods, wet prairies, seepage slopes, edges of cypress wetlands, ditches

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

The range of this species is primarily the coastal plain from Texas to North Carolina.



A second subspecies (subsp. greenmanii) occurs in the Florida Panhandle where it is endemic and state Endangered