Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
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- CORRECTABLE TYPOGRAPHIC ERROR)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnanthes caroliana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lachnanthes caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Lachnanthes caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT- CORRECTABLE TYPOGRAPHIC ERROR) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lachnanthes caroliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lachnanthes caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-01-001:
Lachnanthes caroliniana FAMILY Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lachnanthes tinctoria
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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Alan S. Weakley asw_548338150763472
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Nelson, 2006).
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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.
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Sharleen Johnson shj_4815312308484780
July Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
(Palamedes swallowtail)
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Sharleen Johnson shj_4815344505148227
July Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Sharleen Johnson shj_4815344581814886
July Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lachnanthes caroliniana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT- CORRECTABLE TYPOGRAPHIC ERROR)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnanthes caroliana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lachnanthes caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Lachnanthes caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT- CORRECTABLE TYPOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lachnanthes caroliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lachnanthes caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 045-01-001:
Lachnanthes caroliniana
FAMILY
Haemodoraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lachnanthes tinctoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gyrotheca tinctoria
786
Forb
Perennial
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal, with some reduced alternate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes slender, elongate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy yellowish
6 persistent tepals
3 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p138
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p160
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p266
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p378
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p122
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p235
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p183
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p171
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p042
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p381
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p302
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