Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clintonia umbellulata
FAMILY
Liliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Clintonia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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_clum2_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_c_umbellulata_02880
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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Keith Bradley kab_c_umbellulata_02883
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0205k_18
May Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0405j_36
May Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm0505m_02
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0505m_03
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers in terminal, umbel-like clusters, per Flora of North America.
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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
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JK Marlow jkm080504_077
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_c_umbellulata_8068
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clintonia_umbellulata
May
Erect white flowers are usually purple-dotted, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Sam Pratt sbp_060321_0350
June Yancey County NC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm080726_080
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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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
349
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA-SC), endemic to the Appalachians
Look for it in red oak & other oak forests, mesic to dry ridges & slopes, less commonly in northern hardwood forests, generally at lower elevations than C. borealis, though the two species can co-occur, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 caducous tepals
Superior ovary
Flowers in terminal umbel-like clusters
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p066
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p135
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p338
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p171
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p165
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p022
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p024
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p356
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p412
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p353
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p009