Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Nothoscordum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nothoscordum bivalve
FAMILY
Alliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nothoscordum bivalve
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-008:
Allium bivalve
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nothoscordum bivalve
COMMON NAME:
False Garlic, Grace Garlic
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_nobi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120326_013
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
The 6 tepals sometimes have a green or purple midrib on the back, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
False Garlic and Star-of-Bethlehem
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Keith Bradley kab_n_bivalve_3775
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Scapes erect, terminated by membranous spathes and umbels of perfect flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_n_bivalve_3
March
Stamens are about 2/3 the length of the tepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0504f_09
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence a loose terminal umbel, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm080427_015
April Pickens County SC
granite outcrop
Leaves basal, linear, flat, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm080428_051
April Pickens County SC
A perennial plant from a small onion-like bulb without an onion-like odor, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm080428_051c
April Pickens County SC
The 6 tepals, about 0.5" long, are spreading and white, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm170401_449
April McCormick County SC
Roadside
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmnbivalve_mcc2
April McCormick County SC