Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion wrightii
FAMILY
Agavaceae
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Sometimes, plants are considered rare because they are disjunct from their normal population centers. Read more on Jim Fowler's blog.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion wrightii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenolirion wrightii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Schoenolirion wrightii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenolirion wrightii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Schoenolirion texanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria texana
COMMON NAME:
Texas Sunnybell
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_texana_al_5_17_05_1
May AL
Infl seldom branched, flowers initially crowded, then internodes elongate, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_texana_al_51705_1c
May AL
Tepal color seems the only consistent difference between this & S. croceum, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion wrightii
FAMILY
Agavaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion wrightii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenolirion wrightii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Schoenolirion wrightii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenolirion wrightii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Schoenolirion texanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria texana
3782
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Saline prairies, seepage over sandstone, Catahoula barrens; "rocky barrens in the Post Oak region near College Station, with a few disjunct populations on the Catahoula Formation of southeast Texas" (Carr 2016). This species occurs in habitats similar to those of S. croceum in the Alabama plateau region and in the western part of its range, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Alabama
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence racemose
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".