NameThatPlant.net: Lophiola aurea

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lophiola aurea FAMILY Nartheciaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Lophiola from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lophiola aurea FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Lophiola aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lophiola aurea

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-02-001:

Lophiola americana FAMILY Haemodoraceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Lophiola americana

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Lophiola septentrionalis

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

Lophiola aurea

COMMON NAME:
Goldencrest

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_loam3_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lophiola aurea FAMILY Nartheciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lophiola aurea FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lophiola aurea

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-02-001:
Lophiola americana FAMILY Haemodoraceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lophiola americana

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lophiola septentrionalis

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

3171

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet savannas, bogs, marshes, ditches adjacent to these natural habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare in Coastal Plain of GA & NC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bright yellow
6 tepals
6 stamens
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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