Narthecium americanum Ker Gawler. Common name: Yellow Asphodel. Phenology: Jun-Jul; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Wet seepages or savannas. Distribution: S. NJ; DE (where believed extirpated); disjunct in c. SC (where apparently extirpated, though still worth seeking in mucky seepages of the Fall-line Sandhills of SC and NC).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, K4, NSProv, POWO, Tat, Schumacher (1947), Weakley & Sorrie (2017c) in Weakley et al (2017); = Abama americana (Ker Gawl.) Morong — S, Small (1924a); < Narthecium americanum Ker Gawl. — AqW, FNA26, GW1, NS, RAB, W, Zomlefer (1997b), (also see N. montanum). Basionym: Narthecium americanum Ker Gawl. 1812
Links to other floras: < Narthecium americanum - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial with extremely restricted distribution in wet seepages and savannas.
Stems: Stem a flowering scape, bearing a few small, linear bracts, that arises from a tuft of grasslike leaves.
Leaves: Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, linear and erect, 4-8 in. long, smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a crowded raceme occupying the top 2 1/2 in. of the scape; yellow; to 1/3 in. long; consisting of 6 linear-lance-shaped tepals, 6 hairy stamens and a single yellow-green, vase-shaped ovary.
Fruits: Fruit an oval, 3-celled capsule with a narrow beak.
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Height: to 1 1/2 ft.
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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial with extremely restricted distribution in wet seepages and savannas.
stems: Stem a flowering scape, bearing a few small, linear bracts, that arises from a tuft of grasslike leaves.
leaves: Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, linear and erect, 4-8 in. long, smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a crowded raceme occupying the top 2 1/2 in. of the scape; yellow; to 1/3 in. long; consisting of 6 linear-lance-shaped tepals, 6 hairy stamens and a single yellow-green, vase-shaped ovary.
fruits: Fruit an oval, 3-celled capsule with a narrow beak.
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