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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion albiflorum
FAMILY
Agavaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion albiflorum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria albiflora
COMMON NAME:
White Sunnybell
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Keith Bradley kab_s_albiflorum_72297
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
White 3/8" flowers borne singly at the tips of long slender stalks, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Schoenolirion albiflorum
FAMILY
Agavaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenolirion albiflorum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Schoenolirion albiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxytria albiflora
3150
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pinelands, cypress depressions, Hypericum depressions, wet hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare in GA
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
6 persistent tepals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence racemose
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p139
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p339
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