Melanthium parviflorum (Michaux) S. Watson. Common name: Mountain Bunchflower. Phenology: Jul-early Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Moist to rather dry forests, up to at least 1700 meters, most frequent in oak forests at middle elevations. Distribution: A Southern Appalachian endemic: e. and sc. WV and KY south to VA, w. NC, e. TN, n. GA, and n. AL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = F, FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, WV; = Veratrum parviflorum Michx. — C, G, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Va, W, Zomlefer (1997a). Basionym: Veratrum parviflorum Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Melanthium parviflorum - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of moist (sometimes drier) hardwood forests, most frequent in oak forests at middle elevations.
Stems: Stems mostly unbranched, hollow, thickened at the base, hairy.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, petiolate, elliptic to oblong-oval, 7-14 in. long, with prominent parallel veins, slightly pleated and smooth; stem leaves few and greatly reduced.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in an open panicle, 8-30 in. long; green; about 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 6 spreading, oval to diamond-shaped, hairless tepals that taper at the base but are not truly "clawed."
Fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsule with 3 persistent, beak-like styles.
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Height: 1-5 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of moist (sometimes drier) hardwood forests, most frequent in oak forests at middle elevations.
stems: Stems mostly unbranched, hollow, thickened at the base, hairy.
leaves: Leaves mostly basal, petiolate, elliptic to oblong-oval, 7-14 in. long, with prominent parallel veins, slightly pleated and smooth; stem leaves few and greatly reduced.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in an open panicle, 8-30 in. long; green; about 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 6 spreading, oval to diamond-shaped, hairless tepals that taper at the base but are not truly "clawed."
fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsule with 3 persistent, beak-like styles.
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