OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum   FAMILY Melanthiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Stenanthium gramineum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Stenanthium gramineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-25-001?:

Stenanthium gramineum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Stenanthium robustum

 

COMMON NAME:
Bog Featherbells


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image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_stro5_001_lvd

        

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208166d0016

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208166d0023

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Found mostly in wet meadows and bogs - moist sunny ground, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208167d0005

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Stem 7-15mm diameter; tepals 5-10mm long [thus, stem stouter/tepals longer than var. gramineum], per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208167d0035

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Panicle plume-like, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208167d0057

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum   FAMILY Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stenanthium gramineum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Stenanthium gramineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-25-001?:
Stenanthium gramineum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenanthium robustum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4536

Forb
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: bogs and wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Ovary superior to partly inferior
Bisexual & staminate

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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