NameThatPlant.net: Zigadenus glaberrimus

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Melanthiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Zigadenus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Zigadenus glaberrimus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Zigadenus glaberrimus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-001:

Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Zygadenus glaberrimus

COMMON NAME:
Large Death Camas, Snakeroot, Sandbog Death-camas, Bog Death Camas

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image of Zigadenus glaberrimus, Large Death Camas, Snakeroot, Sandbog Death-camas, Bog Death Camas

Patrick D. McMillan pdmzglaberrimus_dogswamp

July Berkeley County SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Two conspicuous golden glandular dots at the base of each tepal, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zigadenus glaberrimus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Zigadenus glaberrimus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-001:
Zigadenus glaberrimus FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zygadenus glaberrimus

2369

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: sandhill seepage bogs, pine savannas, pocosin edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Usually basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy-white
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, often connate basally
6 stamens
Ovary partly inferior

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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