OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helonias bullata   FAMILY Heloniadaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helonias bullata   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Helonias bullata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Helonias bullata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-16-001:

Helonias bullata   FAMILY Liliaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Pink


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image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hebu_001_lvd

        

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

Ben Geer Keys    bgk658_a

April        

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Diane Creaton    dmc_03355

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson Cooper Heritage Trust Site

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2670

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson Cooper Heritage Trust Site

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2672

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson Cooper Heritage Trust Site

Flowers have pale blue anthers and exude a spicy fragrance, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2681

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson Cooper Heritage Trust Site

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2683

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson Cooper Heritage Trust Site

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2688

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson Cooper Heritage Trust Site

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2689

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson Cooper Heritage Trust Site

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

David Campbell    mdc_helonias

April    Ashe County    NC

A two-inch egg-shaped cluster of pink flowers on a hollow stalk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

David Campbell    mdc_heloniashabitat

April    Ashe County    NC

Habitat.

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

Tim Lee    tle_swamppink_001

April?        NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm160502_042

May    Jackson County    NC

Habitat.

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm160502_048

May    Jackson County    NC

A rosette of oblanceolate evergreen leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm160502_110

May    Macon County    NC

Highlands Biological Station

The flowering scape elongates markedly in fruit, reaching 1m in height, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3267

May    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3272

May    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

Capsule 3-lobed, papery, 3-5mm long, 8-10mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Helonias bullata, Swamp Pink

Tim Spira    tpshbullata_rosettes

June        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Helonias bullata   FAMILY Heloniadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helonias bullata   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Helonias bullata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-16-001:
Helonias bullata   FAMILY Liliaceae

 

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658

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, usually under dense shrubs in peaty soils, in the VA Coastal Plain in acidic sandy seepage swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring
Pink/Lavender
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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