OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melanthium woodii   FAMILY Melanthiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum woodii   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Melanthium woodii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Veratrum woodii

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

Melanthium woodii

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

Melanthium woodii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Veratrum intermedium

 

COMMON NAME:
Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore


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image of Melanthium woodii, Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vewo3_001_lvd

        

image of Melanthium woodii, Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore

JK Marlow    jkm100314_066

March    Decatur County    GA

image of Melanthium woodii, Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmwoodii_wad1

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Tepals not clawed, margins entire; glands dark purple to nearly black, per Flora of North America.

image of Melanthium woodii, Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmwoodii_wad2

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Melanthium woodii, Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmwoodii_wad5

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Filaments adnate to tepal bases, dilated basally, per Flora of North America.

image of Melanthium woodii, Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmwoodii_wad6

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Melanthium woodii, Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmwoodii_wad7

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Melanthium woodii, Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmm_woodii

Month Unknown        

Leaf blades elliptic to oblanceolate, apex acute, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melanthium woodii   FAMILY Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum woodii   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Veratrum woodii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Melanthium woodii

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veratrum intermedium

 

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2706

Forb
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: Circumneutral soil of woodlands over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite) or other calcareous substrates, hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, plant almost scapose

FLOWER:
Summer
Maroon
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual or staminate

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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