Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Streptopus lanceolatus
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Streptopus lanceolatus var. roseus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-09-001:
Streptopus roseus FAMILY Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Streptopus roseus
COMMON NAME:
Rosy Twisted-stalk, Eastern Rose Mandarin, Eastern Twisted-stalk
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsroseus_rbbrp3
May
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsroseus_rm4
May NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_roseus_brasstnbald1
May Towns-Union Counties GA
Brasstown Bald
Leaves alternate in 2 rows, sessile, with prominent parallel veins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
Solomon's Plume, Solomon's Seal, Twisted Stalk, and two Bellworts
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Dan Whitten sdw_rosy_ts1
May Smyth County VA
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
Leaf margins fringed with short hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Dan Whitten sdw_rosy_ts4
May Smyth County VA
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
Flowers rose or purplish, bell-shaped, hanging singly from a short pedicel beneath the axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Dan Whitten sdw_rosy_tw2
May Smyth County VA
Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area
Tepals 3/8" long with recurved tips, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Tim Spira tpssroseus
May
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Ron Lance rwl1903_a2
July
Fruits are ellipsoid red berries, 0.4" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Streptopus lanceolatus
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Streptopus lanceolatus var. roseus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-09-001:
Streptopus roseus
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Streptopus roseus
1903
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests at high elevations, especially spruce-fir and northern hardwoods forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA Mountains
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/Rose
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, perianth campanulate
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p080
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p342
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p385
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p378
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p027
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p368
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p423
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p007
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