1904

Forb
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare

Look for it in moist forests and seepages at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish/Rose
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, perianth campanulate
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p080
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p342
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p368
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p423
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p007

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
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) 041-09-002:
Streptopus amplexifolius   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Streptopus amplexifolius var. americanus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tortipes amplexifolius