Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lachnanthes caroliniana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lachnanthes from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnanthes caroliana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-01-001:
Lachnanthes caroliniana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gyrotheca tinctoria
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Redroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gyti_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_laca5_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160416_217
April Lowndes County GA
Leaves distichous and bases overlapping (like Iris). Roots and rhizomes red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160416_219
April Lowndes County GA
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Will Stuart wil_9091111319_76e44f20b2
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
A solitary, terminal, branching inflorescence of small, woolly 1/2" flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Will Stuart wil_9091124679_cf7393ce18
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_caroliniana_18
July
Stems distally whitish villous-tomentose when young, becoming tawny-hoary, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_caroliniana_18b
July
Tepals erect-spreading at anthesis, pale yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_caroliniana_18c
July
Stamens spreading at anthesis; anthers yellow; style just exceeding anthers, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lachnanthes caroliniana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnanthes caroliana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-01-001:
Lachnanthes caroliniana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gyrotheca tinctoria
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Habitat: Wet savannas, pocosin edges, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds (and similar ponds in the mountains of Virginia), ditches, wet disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal, with some reduced alternate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes slender, elongate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy yellowish
Bisexual
6 persistent tepals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p138
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p160
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p266
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p122
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p235
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p183
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p171
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p042
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p302