Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Clintonia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clintonia umbellulata
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clintonia umbellulata
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-05-002:
Clintonia umbellulata
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Speckled Wood-lily, White Clintonia
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Steve Marlow snm_p4210226e
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves have ciliate, or hairy, leaf margins, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
JK Marlow jkm0305c_12
May Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
This and C. borealis have leathery leaves with strongly depressed midveins, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
JK Marlow jkm0505m_03
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers in terminal, umbel-like clusters, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm060508_004
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Clintonia umbellulata on the left; on the right is Veratrum parviflorum
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clintonia_umbellulata
May
Erect white flowers are usually purple-dotted, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
JK Marlow jkm080726_076
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruits: Ellipsoid, blackish berries, about 0.3" long, in an umbel, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.