OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum   FAMILY Melanthiaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Stenanthium gramineum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-25-001?:

Stenanthium gramineum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Stenanthium robustum

 

COMMON NAME:
Bog Featherbells


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image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_stro5_001_lvd

        

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208166d0016

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208166d0023

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Found mostly in wet meadows and bogs - moist sunny ground, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208167d0005

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Stem 7-15mm diameter; tepals 5-10mm long [thus, stem stouter/tepals longer than var. gramineum], per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208167d0035

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Panicle plume-like, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).

image of Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum, Bog Featherbells

Will Stuart    wil_robustum_2208167d0057

August    Allegheny County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum   FAMILY Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Stenanthium gramineum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-25-001?:
Stenanthium gramineum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4536

Forb
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: bogs and wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Ovary superior to partly inferior
Bisexual & staminate

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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