OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melanthium virginicum   FAMILY Melanthiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum virginicum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Melanthium virginicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Veratrum virginicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Melanthium virginicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Melanthium virginicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-23-001:

Melanthium virginicum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Melanthium dispersum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Melanthium virginicum

 

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Bunchflower, Bog Bunchflower


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image of Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower, Bog Bunchflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mevi2_001_lvd

        

image of Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower, Bog Bunchflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_mevi2_003_lvd

        

image of Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower, Bog Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm070528_108

May    Laurens County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Superficially quite similar to Zigadenus glaberrimus, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower, Bog Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm070528_111

May    Laurens County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Stem pubescent, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower, Bog Bunchflower

Will Stuart    wil_mvirginicum210619_917

June    Jasper County    MO

A concentrated mass of Virginia Bunchflower on a wet roadside in southwest Missouri.

image of Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower, Bog Bunchflower

Will Stuart    wil_mvirginicum210619_926

June    Jasper County    MO

Stems up to 6' tall, branched at the top into a many-flowered inflorescence, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower, Bog Bunchflower

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmelvirg_spartabog

June-July?    Alleghaney County    NC

image of Melanthium virginicum, Virginia Bunchflower, Bog Bunchflower

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmvirginicum_2

June-July?        

Tepal margins entire & planar or nearly so; tepal claw < 1/3 as long as blade, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melanthium virginicum   FAMILY Melanthiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum virginicum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Veratrum virginicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Melanthium virginicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melanthium virginicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-23-001:
Melanthium virginicum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthium dispersum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthium virginicum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2470

Forb
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: pine savannas, bogs, fens, seeps, wet seepage-fed forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains & Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (gradually reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white/ Cream
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual or staminate

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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