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Melanthiaceae
Amianthium

not marked as a favorite taxon Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray. Common name: Fly-poison. Phenology: May-Jul; Jul-Sep. Habitat: In a wide variety of mesic to dry forests, pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, meadows, from 5 m to at least 1600 m in elevation. Distribution: S. NY, PA, MO, and OK, south to Panhandle FL, MS, and AR.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA26, Mo1, NS, NY, POWO, Tn, Va, Zomlefer & Judd (2002); = Amianthium muscaetoxicum — C, F, G, GW1, K4, Pa, RAB, Tat, W, WH3, orthographic variant; = Chrosperma muscaetoxicum (Walter) Kuntze — S, S13; = Zigadenus muscitoxicus (Walter) Regel — Zomlefer (1997a); Melanthium muscaetoxicu. Basionym: Melanthium muscaetoxicu 1788

Links to other floras: = Amianthium muscitoxicum - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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image #1 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Edwin Bridges
image #2 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Alan Cressler: Amianthium muscitoxicum, Lookout Mountain, Dade County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© jtuttle, all rights reserved, uploaded by jtuttle source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Sequoia Janirella Wrens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sequoia Janirella Wrens source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Bruce Sorrie
image #7 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Alan Cressler: amianthium muscaetoxicum, allen spring gap, lookout mountain, walker county, georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #9 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Matt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matt source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Alaina Krakowiak, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alaina Krakowiak source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Milo Pyne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Milo Pyne source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Stephanie Brundage. Fly Poison, Amianthium muscitoxicum AMMU CC-BY
image #16 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Nate Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Hartley source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #17 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #18 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Alvin Diamond, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alvin Diamond source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #19 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Jennifer Ogle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jennifer Ogle source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #20 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Nate Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Hartley source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #21 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #22 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #23 of Amianthium muscitoxicum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Scapose perennial from a thick bulb, found in a wide variety of moist to dry forests, pine savannas, sandhills and meadows, from 18 to at least 5250 ft. elevation.

Stems: Stem an unbranched, slender, smooth flowering scape.

Leaves: Basal leaves clustered, straplike, to 24 in. long and 1 in. wide, with a deep channel down the center and purplish sheath at the base; stem leaves alternate, much reduced.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers on short stalks in a a dense, conical raceme; white to occasionally pink (turning green or purplish at maturity), 1/3 in. long, consisting of 6 unfused rounded and widely spreading tepals.

Fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsule with 3 persistent styles.

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Height: 1-4 ft.

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description: Scapose perennial from a thick bulb, found in a wide variety of moist to dry forests, pine savannas, sandhills and meadows, from 18 to at least 5250 ft. elevation.

stems: Stem an unbranched, slender, smooth flowering scape.

leaves: Basal leaves clustered, straplike, to 24 in. long and 1 in. wide, with a deep channel down the center and purplish sheath at the base; stem leaves alternate, much reduced.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers on short stalks in a a dense, conical raceme; white to occasionally pink (turning green or purplish at maturity), 1/3 in. long, consisting of 6 unfused rounded and widely spreading tepals.

fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsule with 3 persistent styles.

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native range: eastern United States



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