Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zigadenus glaberrimus
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
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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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zigadenus glaberrimus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Zigadenus glaberrimus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-001:
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zygadenus glaberrimus
COMMON NAME:
Large Death Camas, Snakeroot, Sandbog Death-camas, Bog Death Camas
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmzglaberrimus_dogswamp
July Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flowers grow in a spikelike terminal inflorescence and on ascending branches, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_z_glaberrimus_0123
August Durham County NC
Blomquist Gardens
Two conspicuous golden glandular dots at the base of each tepal, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Will Stuart wil_z_glaberrimus_0251
August Brunswick NC
Green Swamp
Solitary or forming small colonies via rhizomes, stems 50-80cm tall. Leaves pleated lengthwise, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zigadenus glaberrimus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Zigadenus glaberrimus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-001:
Zigadenus glaberrimus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zygadenus glaberrimus
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p145
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p363
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p165
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p184
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p184
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