Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Veratrum parviflorum
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum parviflorum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 041-24-002:
Veratrum parviflorum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Melanthium parviflorum
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vepa3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_001
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm060508_004
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Clintonia umbellulata on the left; on the right is Veratrum parviflorum.
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JK Marlow jkm060508_163
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Leaves are elliptic, long-stalked, and under 8" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0508d_16
August Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0508d_29
August Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm140816_727
August Jackson County NC
High Hampton Inn
Perianth segments taper gradually to base, are not clawed, & have no glands, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm140816_729
August Jackson County NC
High Hampton Inn
Tepals greenish-yellow to olive green, rhombic-oblanceolate, not clawed, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmparviflorum_shutin
Month Unknown Buncombe County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District