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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Epifagus virginiana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epifagus virginiana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Epifagus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Epifagus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 169-01-001:

Epifagus virginiana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

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

Leptamnium virginianum

 

COMMON NAME:
Beechdrops


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image of Epifagus virginiana, Beechdrops

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_levi14_001_lvd

        

image of Epifagus virginiana, Beechdrops

JK Marlow    jkm090313_008

March    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

True to its name, Beechdrops parasitizes the roots of beech trees, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Epifagus virginiana, Beechdrops

JK Marlow    jkm070506_111

May    Gaston County    NC

Redlair Farms

To the uninitiated this might look like the dead tip of a fallen branch, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Epifagus virginiana, Beechdrops

Joe Pollard    ajp_epifagus_joycekilmer

September    Graham County    NC

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

image of Epifagus virginiana, Beechdrops

Sam Pratt    sbp_3484

September    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

Upper flowers 3/8", 2-lipped w 4 short lobes, usually yellowish or purplish, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Epifagus virginiana, Beechdrops

Patrick D. McMillan    pdme_virginiana

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Epifagus virginiana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epifagus virginiana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Epifagus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Epifagus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 169-01-001:
Epifagus virginiana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

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

 

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Forb
Annual

Habitat: Moist to rather dry forests under and parasitic on Fagus grandifolia, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish-brown
5-lobed cupulate calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed tubular corolla
Superior ovary

Flowers in spikelike inflorescences

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule

 

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