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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Allium tricoccum
FAMILY
Alliaceae
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Learn more about Ramps from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium tricoccum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-007:
Allium tricoccum FAMILY Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Allium tricoccum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Validallium tricoccum
COMMON NAME:
Red Ramps, Rampscallions, Wild Leek
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JK Marlow jkm080421_068
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Large flat leaves, 2-3" wide and to 12" long, wither before flowering, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140418_275
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves usually absent at anthesis, blade tapering to long, slender petiole, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140418_279
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140418_134434
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160503_175
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaf stalks often have a reddish cast, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090707_049
July Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm090707_054
July Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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Tim Spira tps_atricoccum_2
July
2 glaucous leaves, with petioles 2-7cm long, are present from April into June, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Tim Spira tps_atricoccum_wbee
July
Numerous white flowers crowded in an umbel atop the naked stalk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Allium tricoccum
FAMILY
Alliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Allium tricoccum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-007:
Allium tricoccum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Allium tricoccum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Validallium tricoccum
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: cove forests and mesic slope forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA
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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
Yellow/Cream
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p108
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p146
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p332
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p169
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p163
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p039
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p353
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p409
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p329
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p012
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