Image ID: 15173
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PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: LACA15
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lachnanthes caroliniana
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Last Modified: 2019-02-25
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: LACHN2 GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Lachnanthes GENUS AUTHORITY: Elliott GENUS COMMON: Lachnanthes GENUS SUMMARY: A monotypic genus, an herb, of se. North America and the West Indies. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: A very distinctive plant when in flower, with its densely woolly inflorescence and flowers. When not in flower, recognizable by its equitant (iris-like) base and bright red roots. GENUS REFERENCES: Simpson in Kubitzki (1998b); Robertson in FNA (2002a); Gandhi (1999)=Y; Robertson (1976)=Z.
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: HAEMOD FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Haemodoraceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: R. Brown 1810 FAMILY COMMON: Bloodwort Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 14 genera and 100 species, herbs, of semicosmopolitan distribution, but centered in Australia. The Haemodoraceae is primarily a family of the Southern Hemisphere; Lachnanthes is the only member native to e. North America. Lophiola has often been treated in the Haemodoraceae; it is better placed in the Nartheciaceae (or Liliaceae sensu lato), see Lophiola (Nartheciaceae) for additional details. FAMILY REFERENCE: Robertson (1976)=Z; Simpson in Kubitzki (1998b); Robertson in FNA (2002a). [also see MELANTHIACEAE]
NCBG DESCRIPTIVES
INTRO:Erect perennnial with iris-like growth form, found in wet savannas, pocosin edges, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds (and similar ponds in the mountains of Virginia), ditches and other wet, disturbed places. STEMS: Stems unbranched, hairy near top. LEAVES: Leaves mostly basal and overlapping at the base (a few shorter, alternate,clasping leaves on the stem), linear and pointed, to 18 in. long and ¾ in. wide, parallel-veined. INFLORESCENCE: FLOWERS: Flowers in a terminal, generally flat-topped cluster; flowers pale yellow, about ⅓ in. long, with 6 erect tepals (3 shorter, 3 longer), which are yellow on the inner surface and silvery-green and woolly on the outer surface; there are 3 protruding stamens and a style. FRUITS:Fruit a reddish, roundedcapsule enclosed in persistent, furry tepals. COMMENTS: HEIGHT: 1-3 ft. DURATION: HABIT: LEAF ARRANGEMENT:
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Simple LEAF RETENTION: FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
Radial (Actinomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Jun-early Sep
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BLOOM COLOR: Silvery-green and yellow
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FRUITING PERIOD: Sep-Nov. DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Bogs/pocosins, Disturbed, Pine savannas
NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America & Cuba HORTICULTURAL
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Moist/Wet
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Sun, Part Shade
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This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lachnanthes caroliniana
COMMON NAME: Redroot
SYNONYMY: [= C, FNA, GW, K2, RAB, Tn, Va, W, Y; = Lachnanthes caroliana - K1, WH3, Z, orthographic variant (correctable typographic error); = L. tinctoria (J.F. Gmelin) Elliott - F, G; = Gyrotheca tinctoria (J.F. Gmelin) Salisbury - S]
PHENOLOGY: Jun-early Sep; Sep-Nov.
HABITAT: Wet savannas, pocosin edges, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds (and similar ponds in the mountains of Virginia), ditches, wet disturbed ground.
COMMENTS: The range is almost strictly on the Coastal Plain, and rather disjunct: s. NS, from MA to DE, from se. VA south to s. FL and west to e. LA (the Florida parishes), with inland disjunctions in w. VA and sc. TN (Coffee County); Cuba. The correct spelling of the specific epithet has been disputed; the original spelling was caroliana, but Gandhi (1999) argues convincingly that this is a correctable typographic error.
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Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Haemodoraceae R. Brown 1810 (Bloodwort Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 14 genera and 100 species, herbs, of semicosmopolitan distribution, but centered in Australia. The Haemodoraceae is primarily a family of the Southern Hemisphere; Lachnanthes is the only member native to e. North America. Lophiola has often been treated in the Haemodoraceae; it is better placed in the Nartheciaceae (or Liliaceae sensu lato), see Lophiola (Nartheciaceae) for additional details. REFERENCE: Robertson (1976)=Z; Simpson in Kubitzki (1998b); Robertson in FNA (2002a). [also see MELANTHIACEAE]ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Lachnanthes Elliott (Lachnanthes) SUMMARY: A monotypic genus, an herb, of se. North America and the West Indies. REFERENCE: Simpson in Kubitzki (1998b); Robertson in FNA (2002a); Gandhi (1999)=Y; Robertson (1976)=Z.
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
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