Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stenanthium leimanthoides
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
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Learn more about Stenanthium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus leimanthoides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Zigadenus densus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-004:
Zigadenus leimanthoides FAMILY Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Zygadenus leimanthoides
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oceanorus leimanthoides
COMMON NAME:
Pinebarrens Death-camas
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ocle2_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmzleimanthoides_0
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Flowers in a dense panicle tipped with a 3-4" raceme, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmzliemanthoides_2
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stenanthium leimanthoides
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus leimanthoides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Zigadenus densus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-004:
Zigadenus leimanthoides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Zygadenus leimanthoides
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oceanorus leimanthoides
2370
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: High elevation rock outcrops, shrub balds, seepage areas at high elevations, fens, bogs in the Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Usually basal
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Ovary partly inferior
Usually bisexual
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p287
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p165
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p032
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p372
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p436
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p015
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