OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus leimanthoides   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Zigadenus densus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-004:

Zigadenus leimanthoides   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Zygadenus leimanthoides

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Oceanorus leimanthoides

 

COMMON NAME:
Pinebarrens Death-camas


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image of Stenanthium leimanthoides, Pinebarrens Death-camas

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ocle2_001_lvd

        

image of Stenanthium leimanthoides, Pinebarrens Death-camas

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmzleimanthoides_0

Month Unknown        

Flowers in a dense panicle tipped with a 3-4" raceme, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Stenanthium leimanthoides, Pinebarrens Death-camas

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmzliemanthoides_2

Month Unknown        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus leimanthoides   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Zigadenus densus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-004:
Zigadenus leimanthoides   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Zygadenus leimanthoides

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oceanorus leimanthoides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2370

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: High elevation rock outcrops, shrub balds, seepage areas at high elevations, fens, bogs in the Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Usually basal

FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Ovary partly inferior
Usually bisexual

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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