OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion croceum   FAMILY Agavaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion croceum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Schoenolirion croceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Schoenolirion croceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Schoenolirion croceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-29-001:

Schoenolirion croceum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Oxytria crocea

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Sunnybell


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image of Schoenolirion croceum, Yellow Sunnybell

JK Marlow    jkm110416_631

April    Etowah County    AL

image of Schoenolirion croceum, Yellow Sunnybell

JK Marlow    jkm110416_766

April    Etowah County    AL

An 8-24" leafless stem rises from a basal rosette of thin linear leaves, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).

image of Schoenolirion croceum, Yellow Sunnybell

JK Marlow    jkm160417_387

April    Coffee County    GA

Broxton Rocks Preserve

image of Schoenolirion croceum, Yellow Sunnybell

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_croceum_2

April        

Yellow tepals and a green or greenish-yellow superior ovary, per Flora of North America.

image of Schoenolirion croceum, Yellow Sunnybell

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_croceum_yelsunnybl

April        

Resembles White Sunnybells (S. albiflorum), but with yellow flowers, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).

image of Schoenolirion croceum, Yellow Sunnybell

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_croceum_yesunnybl_2

April        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion croceum   FAMILY Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion croceum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Schoenolirion croceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenolirion croceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-29-001:
Schoenolirion croceum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria crocea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2384

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, bogs, seepage slopes, seepages on granite flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains, rare in SC (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)

FLOWER:
Spring
Golden-yellow
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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