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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nothoscordum bivalve
FAMILY
Alliaceae
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Learn more about Nothoscordum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
An onion-like plant in general appearance (with a membrane-coated, onion-like bulb), but lacking the odor of onion, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nothoscordum bivalve
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nothoscordum bivalve
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-008:
Allium bivalve FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nothoscordum bivalve
COMMON NAME:
False Garlic, Grace Garlic
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_nobi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120326_013
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
The 6 tepals, about 0.5" long, are spreading and white, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
COMPARE
False Garlic and Star-of-Bethlehem
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Keith Bradley kab_n_bivalve_3775
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Scapes erect, terminated by membranous spathes and umbels of perfect flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_n_bivalve_3
March
Stamens are about 2/3 the length of the tepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0504f_09
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence a loose terminal umbel, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm080427_015
April Pickens County SC
granite outcrop
Leaves basal, linear, flat, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm080428_051
April Pickens County SC
A perennial plant from a small onion-like bulb without an onion-like odor, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm170401_449
April McCormick County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7141
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
The 6 tepals sometimes have a green or purple midrib on the back, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmnbivalve_mcc2
April McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3784
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nothoscordum bivalve
FAMILY
Alliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nothoscordum bivalve
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Nothoscordum bivalve
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-35-008:
Allium bivalve
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nothoscordum bivalve
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Around granite flatrocks, in glades and barrens of various kinds, in open woodlands, prairies, and also weedy in fields and along roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Carolina Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (usually present at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p369
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p201
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p03
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p037
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p169
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p195
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p163
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p361
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p365
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p420
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p012
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