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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Melanthium parviflorum   FAMILY Melanthiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum parviflorum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Melanthium parviflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Melanthium parviflorum

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

Veratrum parviflorum

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

Melanthium parviflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-24-002:

Veratrum parviflorum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Veratrum parviflorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower


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image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vepa3_001_lvd

        

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm060429_001

April    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm190413_7316

April    Rabun County    GA

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm060508_004

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

On the left is Clintonia umbellulata; on the right is Veratrum parviflorum.

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm060508_163

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Leaves are elliptic, long-stalked, and under 8" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm0508d_16

August    Transylvania County    NC

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm0508d_29

August    Transylvania County    NC

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm140816_729

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Tepals greenish-yellow to olive green, rhombic-oblanceolate, not clawed, per Flora of North America.

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm180825_4153

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Perianth segments taper gradually to base, are not clawed, & have no glands, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm180825_4156

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Pedicels spreading to nearly perpendicular, 5.5-11mm, per Flora of North America.

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm180825_4157

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Melanthium parviflorum, Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered Hellebore, Small False Hellebore, Appalachian Bunchflower

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmparviflorum_shutin

Month Unknown    Buncombe County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Melanthium parviflorum   FAMILY Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum parviflorum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Melanthium parviflorum

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-24-002:
Veratrum parviflorum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1592

Forb
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: Moist to rather dry forests, up to at least 1700 meters, most frequent in oak forests at middle elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, plant almost scapose

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish-green/ Green/ Maroon
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual or staminate

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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