Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Melanthiaceae
Helonias bullata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Liliaceae
Helonias bullata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Liliaceae
041-16-001
Helonias bullata

Common Name:
Swamp Pink

Forb
Perennial
Evergreen

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in bogs, usually under dense shrubs in peaty soils, per Weakley's Flora



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...Wet

Leaves:
Simple
Basal rosette

Flower:
Spring
Pink/Lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical

Fruit:
Summer

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p120
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p336
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p028
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p029
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p013




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Ben Geer Keys      bgk658_a


April

 

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Tim Lee      tleeswamppink_001


April?
Greenville County SC
Watson Cooper Heritage Trust Site

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0305s_03


May
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0505l_15


May
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

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JK Marlow      jkm060521_099


May
Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station

 

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JK Marlow      jkm060521_101


May
Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station

 

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JK Marlow      jkm060521_110


May
Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station

 

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JK Marlow      jkm060521_151


May
Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station

 

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JK Marlow      jkm060521_204


May
Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station

 

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JK Marlow      jkm060521_205


May
Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0508b_20


August
Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0508b_22


August
Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

 

"If knowledge generates interest, and interest generates concern, it is no wonder that most people pay little heed to the plight of the insect whose native host plant has been replaced by an inedible alien." — Douglas W. Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home