Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Agavaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Schoenolirion from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-29-001:
Schoenolirion croceum FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria crocea
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Sunnybell
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JK Marlow jkm110416_631
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm110416_766
April Etowah County AL
An 8-24" leafless stem rises from a basal rosette of thin linear leaves, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).
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JK Marlow jkm160417_387
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_croceum_2
April
Yellow tepals and a green or greenish-yellow superior ovary, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_croceum_yelsunnybl
April
Resembles White Sunnybells (S. albiflorum), but with yellow flowers, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_croceum_yesunnybl_2
April
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Agavaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-29-001:
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria crocea
2384
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, bogs, seepage slopes, seepages on granite flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia, South Carolina, & apparently North Carolina
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)
FLOWER:
Spring
Golden-yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p42
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p272
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p367
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p367
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p422