OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 153 taxa in the family Liliaceae, Lily family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

                       

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camera icon Common Name: Garden Asparagus, Sparrowgrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Asparagus officinalis   FAMILY: Asparagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Asparagus officinalis   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Asparagus officinalis 041-01-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Commonly cultivated, commonly escaped to fencerows, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sprenger’s Asparagus-fern, Emerald-fern

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Asparagus aethiopicus   FAMILY: Asparagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Asparagus aethiopicus   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, seeding down especially around plantings, especially commonly planted in coastal areas; sometimes epiphytic in palm boots

Rare

Non-native: southern Africa

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Little Sweet Betsy, Purple Toadshade

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium cuneatum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium cuneatum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium cuneatum var. cuneatum 041-03-001a   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: In rich soils of cove forests, moist slopes, and bottomlands, usually over mafic or calcareous rocks, locally abundant

Common to uncommon, locally abundant (rare in SC Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Louisiana Trillium, Louisiana Wake-robin

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium ludovicianum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium ludovicianum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Floodplains, streambanks, ravine forests

Native: west of Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Lookout Mountain Trillium, Ruby Falls Trillium, Freeman's Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium species 3   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich forests

Rare (endemic to the Lookout Mountain region of nw. GA, se. TN & ne. AL)

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Ocmulgee Trillium, Oaky Woods Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium delicatum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich, mesic, deciduous forests

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Chattahoochee Trillium, Deceptive Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium decipiens   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium decipiens   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests

Uncommon

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Decumbent Trillium, Trailing Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium decumbens   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium decumbens   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests

Uncommon

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Relict Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium reliquum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium reliquum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich forests on bluffs and ravine slopes

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Sessile Trillium, Sessile Toadshade, Toad Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium sessile   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium sessile   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich forests

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Underwood's Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium underwoodii   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium underwoodii   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium luteum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium luteum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium cuneatum var. luteum 041-03-001b   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist coves over mafic or calcareous rocks, locally abundant in the vicinity of the Great Smokies

Locally abundant in the vicinity of the Great Smokies, uncommon to rare elsewhere. Nearly endemic to the Southern Appalachians

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mottled Trillium, Spotted Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium maculatum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium maculatum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium viride 041-03-002   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich forests and floodplains, over calcareous materials such as coquina limestone ("marl") or on shell middens

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pale Yellow Trillium, Faded Trillium, Small Yellow Toadshade, Savannah River Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium discolor   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium discolor   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium discolor 041-03-003   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich cove and bluff forests, restricted to the Savannah River drainage; rare

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Twisted Trillium, Helicopter Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium stamineum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium stamineum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Floodplains, slopes, especially over limestone

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium lancifolium   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium lancifolium   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium lanceolatum 041-03-004   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich forests over marble, limestone, and other calcareous substrates, floodplain forests

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Wateree River Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium oostingii   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich bottomland forests

Rare (apparently endemic to SC's Kershaw-Richland counties along Wateree River)

Native to South Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Recurved Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium recurvatum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium recurvatum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich soils over calcareous or mafic rocks

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Northern Nodding Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium cernuum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium cernuum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium cernuum 041-03-005?   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist rich woods, seepage edges, damp forests with Fraxinus nigra and Ulmus americana, on mafic or calcareous substrates

Native: north of the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Nodding Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium rugelii   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium rugelii   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium cernuum 041-03-005?   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich woodlands and forests over mafic or calcareous rocks

Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Red Trillium, Purple Trillium, Stinking Willie, Stinking Benjamin

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium erectum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Trillium erectum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium erectum var. erectum 041-03-006a   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Wooded slopes, usually at middle to high elevations

Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Red Trillium, Barksdale's Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium sulcatum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium sulcatum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium erectum var. erectum 041-03-006a?   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Coves and moist slopes

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium vaseyi   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium vaseyi   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium erectum var. vaseyi 041-03-006b   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Cove forests, other rich forests

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain), endemic to Southern Appalachians

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium flexipes   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium flexipes   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium erectum var. vaseyi 041-03-006b?   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist coves over mafic or calcareous rocks

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sweet White Trillium, Confusing Trillium, Jeweled Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium simile   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium simile   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium erectum var. vaseyi 041-03-006b?   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Very rich soils of slopes and coves over mafic or calcareous rocks, often also in or near seepage

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Amicalola Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium species 2   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich forests

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Catesby's Trillium, Rosy Wake-robin, Bashful Trillium, Rose Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium catesbyi   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium catesbaei   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium catesbaei 041-03-007   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, mesic slopes, cove forests

Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Mountains, rare in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium grandiflorum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium grandiflorum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium grandiflorum 041-03-008   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Rich coves and mesic slopes, also less typically on ridges over "rich" rock types

Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare in SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Persistent Trillium, Edna's Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium persistens   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium persistens   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic forests with hemlocks and heaths

Rare, endemic to a portion of Tallulah-Tugaloo river system in nw. SC & ne. GA

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium pusillum +   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

PLANTS National Database: Trillium pusillum +   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium pusillum 041-03-009   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Georgia Least Trillium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillium georgianum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Trillium pusillum var. pusillum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Hardwood flatwoods

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trillidium undulatum   FAMILY: Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trillium undulatum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trillium undulatum 041-03-010   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic soils of ridges, slopes, and bog margins, mostly at high elevations and often associated with Rhododendron, Tsuga, Pinus, or Picea

Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Indian Cucumber-root

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Medeola virginiana   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Medeola virginiana   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Medeola virginiana 041-04-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests, usually with acidic soils

Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare in GA Coastal Plain) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bluebead-lily, Clinton's Lily, Yellow Clintonia, Yellow Bead Lily

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clintonia borealis   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Clintonia borealis   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Clintonia borealis 041-05-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, less commonly in red oak forests, cool rocky seepages

Common in NC Mountains (historically in GA, but not recently seen)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Speckled Wood-lily, White Clintonia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clintonia umbellulata   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Clintonia umbellulata   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Clintonia umbellulata 041-05-002   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Red oak and other oak forests, mesic to dry ridges and slopes, less commonly in northern hardwood forests, generally at lower elevations than C. borealis, though the two species can co-occur

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: False Solomon's Seal, Eastern Solomon's Plume, May-plume

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Maianthemum racemosum   FAMILY: Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Smilacina racemosa 041-06-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist to dry forests

Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Starry Solomon's Plume, Starflower, Starry Solomon's Seal

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Maianthemum stellatum   FAMILY: Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Maianthemum stellatum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Alluvial forests, calcareous fens, seepage swamps

Native north and northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Canada Mayflower, "False Lily-of-the-valley", "Wild Lily-of-the-valley"

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Maianthemum canadense   FAMILY: Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Maianthemum canadense   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Maianthemum canadense 041-07-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests, especially at high elevations

Common in Mountains of GA & NC

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Prosartes lanuginosa   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prosartes lanuginosa   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Disporum lanuginosum 041-08-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Deciduous forests, especially coves

Common in Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Spotted Mandarin, Nodding Mandarin

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Prosartes maculata   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prosartes maculata   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Disporum maculatum 041-08-002   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Nutrient-rich deciduous forests, especially cove forests

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Rosy Twisted-stalk, Eastern Rose Mandarin, Eastern Twisted-stalk

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Streptopus roseus 041-09-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests at high elevations, especially spruce-fir and northern hardwoods forests

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA Mountains

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Clasping Twisted-stalk, White Mandarin, Pagoda-bells

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Streptopus amplexifolius 041-09-002   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests and seepages at high elevations

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Downy Solomon’s Seal, Hairy Solomon's Seal

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Polygonatum pubescens   FAMILY: Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Polygonatum pubescens   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polygonatum pubescens 041-10-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests, especially cove forests, but also in montane oak forests

Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare in SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Smooth Solomon's Seal

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Polygonatum biflorum +   FAMILY: Ruscaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Polygonatum biflorum 041-10-002   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Look for it . Depending on variety, it can be found in moist to dry forests and/or on roadbanks

Common to rare, depending on variety and region

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: European Lily-of-the-valley

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Convallaria majalis   FAMILY: Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Convallaria majalis   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Convallaria majalis var. majalis 041-11-001a   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Old homesites, roadsides, persistent after cultivation, and casually escaping to nearby woodlands and forests

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Lily-of-the-valley

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Convallaria pseudomajalis   FAMILY: Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Convallaria majuscula   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Convallaria majalis var. montana 041-11-001b   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Mountain forests, particularly in rocky woodlands or forests on or near ridgetops under northern red oak at about 1000 to 1500 m elevation, sometimes at lower elevations (down to at least 700 m) and under Quercus montana

Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Georgia Beargrass, Sandhill Lily

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nolina georgiana   FAMILY: Ruscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nolina georgiana   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nolina georgiana 041-13-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sometimes locally common on slightly less xeric lower sandhill slopes, shallow soils near rock outcrops

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eastern Turkeybeard, Beargrass, Mountain-asphodel

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Xerophyllum asphodeloides   FAMILY: Xerophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xerophyllum asphodeloides   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xerophyllum asphodeloides 041-15-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Dry ridges and slopes in the mountains, primarily in dry, strongly acidic sites which burn periodically, such as pine/heath woodlands and forests, heath balds, and xeric oak forests, most of the populations in the Blue Ridge Escarpment, often associated with Pinus rigida or P. pungens, disjunct to similar sites on quartzite monadnocks of the upper Piedmont, in the Coastal Plain in acidic pinelands, and rarely in montane bogs

Uncommon in NC (rare in GA & SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Swamp Pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helonias bullata   FAMILY: Heloniadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helonias bullata   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helonias bullata 041-16-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, usually under dense shrubs in peaty soils, in the VA Coastal Plain in acidic sandy seepage swamps

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Fairywand, Devil's Bit

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chamaelirium luteum   FAMILY: Chionographidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chamaelirium luteum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chamaelirium luteum 041-17-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Moist slopes, bottomlands, wet pine savannas

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Coastal Bog Asphodel, Southern Bog Asphodel, Coastal False Asphodel, Savanna Asphodel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Triantha racemosa   FAMILY: Tofieldiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Triantha racemosa   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tofieldia racemosa var. racemosa 041-18-001a   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, seepage bogs, sinkhole ponds (dolines) in the mountains of VA, acidic wet barrens

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sticky Bog Asphodel, Northern Bog Asphodel, False Asphodel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Triantha glutinosa   FAMILY: Tofieldiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Triantha glutinosa   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tofieldia racemosa var. glutinosa 041-18-001b   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs and seeps, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tofieldia glabra   FAMILY: Tofieldiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tofieldia glabra   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tofieldia glabra 041-18-002   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, wet pine savannas, seepage bogs

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Rush-featherling, Pleea

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pleea tenuifolia   FAMILY: Tofieldiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pleea tenuifolia   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pleea tenuifolia 041-19-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Locally abundant in wet savannas, pocosin margins, usually in peaty soil, locally abundant in a few counties in se. NC, rare inland (very rarely as far as Cumberland County, NC)

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare in GA)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Golden Colicroot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aletris aurea   FAMILY: Nartheciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aletris aurea   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aletris aurea 041-20-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, seepage bogs, pine flatwoods

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Yellow Colicroot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aletris lutea   FAMILY: Nartheciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aletris lutea   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas

Common (rare north of GA)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Southern White Colicroot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aletris obovata   FAMILY: Nartheciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aletris obovata   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aletris obovata 041-20-002   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Northern White Colicroot, Mealy Colicroot, Stargrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aletris farinosa   FAMILY: Nartheciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aletris farinosa   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aletris farinosa 041-20-003   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, seepage bogs, mafic fens and barrens, upland hardpan woodlands and savannas, roadbanks

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Fly-poison

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Amianthium muscitoxicum   FAMILY: Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Amianthium muscitoxicum   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Amianthium muscaetoxicum 041-21-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: In a wide variety of mesic to dry forests, pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, meadows, from 5m to at least 1600m in elevation

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Florida Feathershank

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Schoenocaulon dubium   FAMILY: Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Schoenocaulon dubium   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Dry pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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