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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum hybridum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Melanthium hybridum

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

Veratrum hybridum

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

Melanthium latifolium

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

Melanthium latifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Melanthiaceae in the southeastern United States (Zomlefer, 1997)

Veratrum latifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-23-002:

Melanthium hybridum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Melanthium latifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mela4_001_lvd

        

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm110415_437

April    Carroll County    GA

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

Ron Lance    rwl_20220428_111737

April    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm080726_147

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm080726_156

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Each tepal bears a pair of glands at its base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm080726_156b

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Filaments not basally dilated, equaling tepal width at insertion point, per Flora of North America.

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm080726_156c

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Tepals narrowed to a claw, margins conspicuously wavy and crisped, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm150712_474

July    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Stems 0.5-1.6m tall, a quarter to half of that floriferous, per Flora of North America.

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm150712_477

July    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate, 25-55cm long, 1-7.2 cm wide, apex acute, per Flora of North America.

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm150712_481

July    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm150712_482

July    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm130922_472

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Capsule ellipsoid to obovoid, 1.3-1.8cm long, perianth persistent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm130922_472b

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm130922_474

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Melanthium hybridum, Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower

JK Marlow    jkm130922_476

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum hybridum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Melanthiaceae in the southeastern United States (Zomlefer, 1997)
Veratrum latifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-23-002:
Melanthium hybridum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthium latifolium

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2666

Forb
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: Moist to dry forests, usually in base-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (gradually reduced upward)

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

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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