Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stenanthium densum
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Stenanthium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus densus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-003:
Zigadenus densus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Crow-poison, Savanna Camass
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Will Stuart wil_3530285482_37c88690f0
May Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
As blossoms age, they take on a purple color. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_500735096_141f2fcd87
May Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Young racemes resemble Fly Poison; mature plumes are distinct in appearance. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_5694923760_dfaa5d05d4
May Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
A conspicuous 3-5" cone-shaped inflorescence tops a nearly leafless 5' stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
Crow-poison and Fly-poison
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmzdensus_0
May?
Often confused w Amianthium muscaetoxicum, which has more & wider basal lvs, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stenanthium densum
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus densus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-003:
Zigadenus densus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
1688
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in pine savannas, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Ovary partly inferior
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p143
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p164
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p184
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p161
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p032
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p183