Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lachnanthes from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
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)
Gyrotheca tinctoria
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Redroot
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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.
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.
Will Stuart wil_9091124679_cf7393ce18
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_caroliniana_18
July
Stems distally whitish villous-tomentose when young, becoming tawny-hoary, per Flora of North America.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_caroliniana_18b
July
Tepals erect-spreading at anthesis, pale yellow, per Flora of North America.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_caroliniana_18c
July
Stamens spreading at anthesis; anthers yellow; style just exceeding anthers, per Flora of North America.