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Zigadenus leimanthoides (Pine barren deathcamas)
Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia

Zigadenus leimanthoides Gray

Pine barren deathcamas, Pine-barren Deathcamas

Liliaceae (Lily Family)

USDA Symbol: ZILE

USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

A tall smooth stem rising from a fibrous-coated bulb and bearing an elongated, branching cluster of small, creamy or yellow, star-like flowers.

There are several species of Zigadenus, mostly in the South and West. Large-flowered Zigadenus (Z. glaberrimus), 3-5 (90-150 cm) high, has whitish-yellow flowers with two glands at the base of each sepal and petal; it is found in wet pinelands and bogs from Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas.

 

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit:

Bloom Information

Bloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug

Distribution

USA: AL , DE , FL , GA , KY , LA , MS , NC , NJ , NY , TN , TX , VA , WV
Native Distribution: New Jersey south to Florida, west to Texas, and northeast to Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
Native Habitat: Sandy pinelands and bogs.
USDA Native Status: L48(N)

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Zigadenus leimanthoides in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Zigadenus leimanthoides in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Zigadenus leimanthoides

Metadata

Record Modified: 2007-01-01
Research By: TWC Staff

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