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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lophiola aurea
FAMILY
Nartheciaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lophiola from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lophiola aurea
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lophiola aurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lophiola aurea
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-02-001:
Lophiola americana FAMILY Haemodoraceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lophiola americana
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lophiola septentrionalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lophiola aurea
COMMON NAME:
Goldencrest
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_loam3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lophiola aurea
FAMILY
Nartheciaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lophiola aurea
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lophiola aurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lophiola aurea
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-02-001:
Lophiola americana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lophiola americana
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lophiola septentrionalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lophiola aurea
3171
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet savannas, bogs, marshes, ditches adjacent to these natural habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare in Coastal Plain of GA & NC
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bright yellow
6 tepals
6 stamens
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p197
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p270
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p171
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p381
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