Canby's Dropwort
''Tiedemannia canbyi'' (syn. ''Oxypolis canbyi'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, carrot family known as Canby's dropwort and Canby's cowbane. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it occurs on the Atlantic coastal plain from North Carolina to Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, as well as the Chesapeake Bay area. It is threatened by the loss of the wetland habitat in which it grows.''Oxypolis canbyi''.
The Nature Conservancy. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

Description

This rhizome, rhizomatous perennial herb grows up to 1.2 meters in maximum height. The narrow, hollow leaves resemble quills. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of many small flowers with white petals and red-tinged green sepals.
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John Merle Coulter
John Merle Coulter, Ph. D. (November 20, 1851 – December 23, 1928) was an American botanist and educator. In his career in education administration, Coulter is notable for serving as the president of Indiana University and Lake Forest College and the head of the Department of Botany at the University of Chicago. Early life and education John Merle Coulter was born in Ningpo, China to missionary parents Caroline Elvira Crowe and Moses Stanley Coulter. His brother was the botanist Stanley Coulter. He graduated from Hanover College in Indiana receiving the degree A.B. in 1870, followed by an A.M. in 1873 and Ph.D. in 1883 from the Indiana University. Indiana University conferred a ''pro merito'' Ph.D. to Coulter in 1884 while he was serving as Professor of Botany at Wabash College. He married Georgie M. Gaylord of Delphi, Indiana on January 1, 1874. Career John Merle Coulter held the following positions: * 1871–1879 Professor of Natural Sciences at Hanover College * 1872–187 ...
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