NameThatPlant.net: Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius FAMILY Liliaceae NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Twisted-stalk from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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, 1938)
Tortipes amplexifolius

COMMON NAME:
Clasping Twisted-stalk, White Mandarin, Pagoda-bells

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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, 1938)
Tortipes amplexifolius

1904

Forb
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Habitat: Moist forests and seepages at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry

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