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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Clintonia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clintonia borealis
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clintonia borealis
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-05-001:
Clintonia borealis
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bluebead-lily, Clinton's Lily, Yellow Clintonia, Yellow Bead Lily
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_clbo3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_clbo3_006_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_c_borealis_8233
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Will Stuart wil_6037903909_c6bf79f3ea
May Avery County NC
Underground runners allow a single plant to comprise multiple rosettes, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Will Stuart wil_6037904521_82d6567813
May Avery County NC
A short terminal raceme of 3-8 nodding, greenish-yellow flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Tim Spira tps_cborealis5
June
2-5 dark green, glossy, basal leaves, the margins fringed with a few hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Will Stuart wil_6038453806_d8391ed95e
August Avery County NC
Fruit a bright blue ovoid berry, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Dena Hayworth den_091419_1612
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park