Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melanthium woodii
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Melanthium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum woodii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Melanthium woodii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Veratrum woodii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Melanthium woodii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melanthium woodii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veratrum intermedium
COMMON NAME:
Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vewo3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100314_066
March Decatur County GA
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmwoodii_wad1
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Tepals not clawed, margins entire; glands dark purple to nearly black, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmwoodii_wad2
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmwoodii_wad5
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Filaments adnate to tepal bases, dilated basally, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmwoodii_wad6
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
)
Patrick D. McMillan pdmmwoodii_wad7
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmm_woodii
Month Unknown
Leaf blades elliptic to oblanceolate, apex acute, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melanthium woodii
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum woodii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Melanthium woodii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Veratrum woodii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Melanthium woodii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melanthium woodii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veratrum intermedium
2706
Forb
Perennial
Polygamous
Habitat: Circumneutral soil of woodlands over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite) or other calcareous substrates, hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, plant almost scapose
FLOWER:
Summer
Maroon
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual or staminate
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p146
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p421
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p370
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p435
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