OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zigadenus glaberrimus   FAMILY Melanthiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus glaberrimus   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Zigadenus glaberrimus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Zigadenus glaberrimus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-001:

Zigadenus glaberrimus   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Zygadenus glaberrimus

 

COMMON NAME:
Large Death Camas, Snakeroot, Sandbog Death-camas, Bog Death Camas


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image of Zigadenus glaberrimus, Large Death Camas, Snakeroot, Sandbog Death-camas, Bog Death Camas

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmzglaberrimus_dogswamp

July    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Flowers grow in a spikelike terminal inflorescence and on ascending branches, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Zigadenus glaberrimus, Large Death Camas, Snakeroot, Sandbog Death-camas, Bog Death Camas

Will Stuart    wil_z_glaberrimus_0123

August    Durham County    NC

Blomquist Gardens

Two conspicuous golden glandular dots at the base of each tepal, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Zigadenus glaberrimus, Large Death Camas, Snakeroot, Sandbog Death-camas, Bog Death Camas

Will Stuart    wil_z_glaberrimus_0251

August    Brunswick    NC

Green Swamp

Solitary or forming small colonies via rhizomes, stems 50-80cm tall. Leaves pleated lengthwise, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zigadenus glaberrimus   FAMILY Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zigadenus glaberrimus   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zigadenus glaberrimus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Zigadenus glaberrimus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-22-001:
Zigadenus glaberrimus   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zygadenus glaberrimus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2369

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: sandhill seepage bogs, pine savannas, pocosin edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate (reduced upward), 2-3 ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes thick, hard, horizontal, short-creeping

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, often connate basally
6 stamens
Ovary partly inferior
Bisexual

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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