OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lophiola aurea   FAMILY Nartheciaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lophiola aurea   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Lophiola aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lophiola aurea

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-02-001:

Lophiola americana   FAMILY Haemodoraceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Lophiola americana

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Lophiola septentrionalis

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

Lophiola aurea

 

COMMON NAME:
Goldencrest


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image of Lophiola aurea, Goldencrest

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_loam3_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lophiola aurea   FAMILY Nartheciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lophiola aurea   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lophiola aurea

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-02-001:
Lophiola americana   FAMILY Haemodoraceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lophiola americana

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lophiola septentrionalis

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3171

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet savannas, bogs, marshes, ditches adjacent to these natural habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare in Coastal Plain of GA & NC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bright yellow
6 tepals
6 stamens
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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