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Goatsbeards
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Goatsbeards

Aruncus

Aruncus is a genus of clump forming herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae. Botanical opinion of the number of species differs, with from one to four species accepted. They are closely related to the genera Filipendula and Spiraea, and are native to mountainous damp woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Creamy white plumes of flowers are produced above veined and toothed leaflets.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Goatsbeard

speciesAruncus dioicus

European Goatsbeard

speciesAruncus sylvester

Yunnan Goatsbeard

speciesAruncus gombalanus

Korean goatsbeard

speciesAruncus parvulus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Goatsbeards in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.215

Goatsbeards in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.213

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71989.