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|accepted_name=Chamaelirium luteum
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Manual,
|place=503. 1848
|year=1848
}}
|common_names=Blazing-star;devil’s-bit;fairy-wand;rattlesnake-root
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Veratrum luteum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 1044. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaelirium carolinianum
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaelirium obovale
|authority=Small
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Chamaelirium;Chamaelirium luteum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chamaelirium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chamaelirium luteum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 65, 68
|treatment_page=page 69
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Staminate </b>plants 5–20-leaved, 1.5–3.5 dm. <b>Pistillate</b> plants 15–50-leaved, 3–6 dm, 1.5 m in fruit. <b>Leaf</b> blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 5–20 × 1.5–6 cm, apex obtuse, tapering proximally to broad petiole, 4–6 cm; distal blades oblanceolate to linear, 3–8 × 1–1.5 cm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers divergent, white; tepals 3–4 mm; filaments dimorphic, the outer longer; anthers white, 0.5 mm; pistils absent; pedicel 2–5 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers ascending, white; tepals 2–3 mm; staminodes present; ovary elliptic to obovate; styles 1.5–2 mm; stigmas sessile. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid-oblong, 7–14 × 5–6 mm. <b>Seeds</b> reddish brown, 1.8–2 mm; 5–6 mm (including winglike aril).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Moist meadows, thickets, rich wooded slopes, and coves
|elevation=0–1100 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Chamaelirium</i> is rare in southern Ontario (J. H. Soper 1962; D. J. White et al. 1982) and quite local in several eastern states. The flowers turn yellow on drying, hence the specific name. The roots, called “starwort” or “unicorn root,” are used medicinally.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Chamaelirium luteum
|authority=(Linnaeus) A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Chamaelirium carolinianum;Chamaelirium obovale
|basionyms=Veratrum luteum
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Moist meadows, thickets, rich wooded slopes, and coves
|elevation=0–1100 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Manual,
|publication year=1848
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_47.xml
|genus=Chamaelirium
|species=Chamaelirium luteum
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