NameThatPlant.net: Zigadenus glaberrimus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Melanthiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Zigadenus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-001:

Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Liliaceae

COMMON NAME:
Large Death Camas, Snakeroot, Sandbog Death-camas, Bog Death Camas

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-001:
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Liliaceae

2369

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: sandhill seepage bogs, pine savannas, pocosin edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate (reduced upward), 2-3 ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes thick, hard, horizontal, short-creeping

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, often connate basally
6 stamens
Ovary partly inferior
Bisexual

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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