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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Medeola from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Medeola virginiana
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Medeola virginiana
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-04-001:
Medeola virginiana
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Medeola virginiana
COMMON NAME:
Indian Cucumber-root
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JK Marlow jkm0404t_31
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm130420_463
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
Tapered, white, tuberlike, horizontal rhizomes, 3-8 x 1cm, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmvirginiana_chauga1
April Oconee County SC
Chau-Ram County Park
Leaves parallel-veined, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmvirginiana_chauga3
April Oconee County SC
Chau-Ram County Park
Yellow-green flwrs w 6 recurved petal-like structures & 3 long brown stigmas, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmvirginiana_chauga4
April Oconee County SC
Chau-Ram County Park
Flowering plants have a second whorl of 3 smaller leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
COMPARE
leaves of Indian Cucumberroot, Starry Campion, Whorled Coreopsis and Loosestrife
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JK Marlow jkm0305c_04
May Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Vegetative plants have a single whorl of 5-11 leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
COMPARE
Large and Small Whorled Pogonia and Indian Cucumber-root
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Keith Bradley kab_m_virginiana_8067
May Burke County NC
The sepals, petals, and stigmas of the flowers are recurved, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm140607_605
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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Keith Bradley kab_m_virginiana_0608
June Burke County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Grandfather Ranger District
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Tim Spira tpsmvirginiana_flwsfrts
June
In fruit the pedicels are erect - the fruits above the top whorl, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120830_171
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
When in fruit, the terminal whorl of leaves is usually red at the base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm080924_131
September Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway