Zigadenus glaberrimus

Michaux

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 214, plate 22. 1803.

Common names: Sandbog death camas
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 83. Mentioned on page 81, 82, 84.

Plants 6–12 dm, from thick, twisted rhizomes. Leaves: blade sometimes becoming reddish brown with age, 19–42 cm × 5–20 mm, glaucous abaxially. Inflorescences loosely paniculate, 30–75-flowered, with 2–6 ascending branches, pyramidal, 10–60 × 5–12 cm. Flowers: perianth hypogynous, 20–30 mm diam.; tepals persistent in fruit, white to cream colored, ovate to lanceolate, 9–15 × 3–5 mm, somewhat contracted at base; glands 2, elliptic, margins thickened; pedicel bracts ovate, 5–15 mm. Capsules conic, 10–15 mm. 2n = 52.


Phenology: Flowering mid Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Pine bogs, savannas, sandy pinelands
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Zigadenus glaberrimus"
Fayla C. Schwartz +
Michaux +
Sandbog death camas +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
0–100 m +
Pine bogs, savannas, sandy pinelands +
Flowering mid Jul–Sep. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Anticlea +, Chitonia +, Cyanotris +, Oceanoros +, Toxicoscordion +  and Tracyanthus +
Zigadenus glaberrimus +
Zigadenus +
species +