Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anticlea glauca
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Anticlea from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anticlea elegans ssp. glauca
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Zigadenus elegans
INCLUDED WITHIN Resurrection of segregates of polyphyletic genus Zigadenus (Zomlefer & Judd, 2002)
Anticlea elegans
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-002:
Zigadenus glaucus FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Zygadenus glaucus
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anticlea chlorantha
COMMON NAME:
White Death-camas, White Camass, Mountain Death-camas
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anticlea glauca
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anticlea elegans ssp. glauca
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Zigadenus elegans
INCLUDED WITHIN
Resurrection of segregates of polyphyletic genus Zigadenus (Zomlefer & Judd, 2002)
Anticlea elegans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-002:
Zigadenus glaucus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Zygadenus glaucus
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anticlea chlorantha
3182
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: limestone and dolostone woodlands, glades, cliffs, and outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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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
FLOWER:
Summer
White or greenish
(greenish on back)
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, often connate basally
6 stamens
Ovary partly inferior
Bisexual
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p163
- 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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