Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Streptopus lanceolatus var. roseus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-09-001:
Streptopus roseus FAMILY Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Streptopus roseus
COMMON NAME:
Rosy Twisted-stalk, Eastern Rose Mandarin, Eastern Twisted-stalk
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsroseus_rbbrp3
May
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsroseus_rm4
May NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_roseus_brasstnbald1
May Towns-Union Counties GA
Brasstown Bald
Leaves alternate in 2 rows, sessile, with prominent parallel veins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
Solomon's Plume, Solomon's Seal, Twisted Stalk, and two Bellworts
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Dan Whitten sdw_rosy_ts1
May Smyth County VA
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
Leaf margins fringed with short hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Dan Whitten sdw_rosy_ts4
May Smyth County VA
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
Flowers rose or purplish, bell-shaped, hanging singly from a short pedicel beneath the axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Dan Whitten sdw_rosy_tw2
May Smyth County VA
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
Tepals 3/8" long with recurved tips, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Tim Spira tpssroseus
May
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Ron Lance rwl1903_a2
July
Fruits are ellipsoid red berries, 0.4" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Streptopus lanceolatus var. roseus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-09-001:
Streptopus roseus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Streptopus roseus
1903
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests at high elevations, especially spruce-fir and northern hardwoods forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA Mountains
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/Rose
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, perianth campanulate
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p080
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p342
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p385
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p378
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p027
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p368
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p423
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p007