Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Agavaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Schoenolirion from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenolirion croceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Schoenolirion croceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenolirion croceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-29-001:
Schoenolirion croceum FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria crocea
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Sunnybell
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JK Marlow jkm110416_631
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm110416_766
April Etowah County AL
An 8-24" leafless stem rises from a basal rosette of thin linear leaves, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).
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JK Marlow jkm160417_387
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_croceum_2
April
Yellow tepals and a green or greenish-yellow superior ovary, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_croceum_yelsunnybl
April
Resembles White Sunnybells (S. albiflorum), but with yellow flowers, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_croceum_yesunnybl_2
April
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Agavaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenolirion croceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Schoenolirion croceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenolirion croceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-29-001:
Schoenolirion croceum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria crocea
2384
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, bogs, seepage slopes, seepages on granite flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains, rare in SC (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)
FLOWER:
Spring
Golden-yellow
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p42
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p272
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p367
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p367
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p422
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