Zigadenus glaberrimus
Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 214, plate 22. 1803.
Common names: Sandbog death camas
IllustratedEndemic
Plants 6–12 dm, from thick, twisted rhizomes. Leaves: blade sometimes becoming reddish-brown with age, 19–42 cm × 5–20 mm, glaucous abaxially. Inflorescences loosely paniculate, 30–75-flowered, with 2–6 ascending branches, pyramidal, 10–60 × 5–12 cm. Flowers: perianth hypogynous, 20–30 mm diam.; tepals persistent in fruit, white to cream colored, ovate to lanceolate, 9–15 × 3–5 mm, somewhat contracted at base; glands 2, elliptic, margins thickened; pedicel bracts ovate, 5–15 mm. Capsules conic, 10–15 mm. 2n = 52.
Phenology: Flowering mid Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Pine bogs, savannas, sandy pinelands
Elevation: 0–100 m
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Va.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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toxic +
versatile +
reniform +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
dilated +
reddish-brown +
glaucous +
narrow +
foliaceous +
absent +
membranous +
ascending +
conic +
Sandbog death camas +
solid +
sheathing +
reduced +
fleshy +
slender +
single +
capsular +
elliptic +
Present +
30-75-flowered +
paniculate +
glabrous +
pyramidal +
simple +
alternate +
persistent +
basal +
parallel +
glabrous +
thickened +
yellow;green +
basal +
absent +
obscure +
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
inferior +
many;several +
bracteate +
ovate +
actinomorphic +
hypogynous +
showy +
tapering +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
1803 +
twisted +
contractile +
ellipsoid +
twisted +
wind-distributed +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
rudimentary +
barely larger +
diameter +
Zigadenus glaberrimus +
Zigadenus +
species +
white;cream colored +
contracted +
persistent +
connate +
9mm;15mm +
absent +
3mm;5mm +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
perennial +
woody +