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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Helonias bullata (Swamp Pink) at Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve, Greenville County, South Carolina by Jim Fowler.
Read more about Swamp Pink from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more from the South Carolina Plant Conservation Alliance.
Learn more about Swamp Pink from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Helonias bullata
FAMILY
Heloniadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helonias bullata
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-16-001:
Helonias bullata
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Pink
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hebu_001_lvd
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Ben Geer Keys bgk658_a
April
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Diane Creaton dmc_03355
April Greenville County SC
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David Campbell mdc_helonias
April Ashe County NC
A two-inch egg-shaped cluster of pink flowers on a hollow stalk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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David Campbell mdc_heloniashabitat
April Ashe County NC
Habitat.
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Tim Lee tle_swamppink_001
April? NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm160502_042
May Jackson County NC
Habitat.
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JK Marlow jkm160502_048
May Jackson County NC
A rosette of oblanceolate evergreen leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm160502_110
May Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station
The flowering scape elongates markedly in fruit, reaching 1m in height, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm160502_112
May Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station
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Dan Whitten sdw_matthewsckbog019b
May Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Wilderness
Flowers have pale blue anthers and exude a spicy fragrance, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Tim Spira tpshbullata_rosettes
June