Lophiola aurea Ker Gawler. Common name: Golden Crest. Phenology: Late May-Jun; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Wet pine savannas, bogs, marshes, pondcypress savannas, ditches adjacent to these natural habitats. Distribution: FL Panhandle and sw. GA west to e. LA; se. NC (where only a few populations remain); n. DE (at least formerly) and s. NJ; disjunct in NS.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, C, Can, FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, S, WH3, Zomlefer (1997b); > Lophiola americana (Pursh) Wood — F, G, GW1, RAB, S13, Tat; > Lophiola septentrionalis Fernald — F. Basionym: Lophiola aurea Ker Gawl. 1813
Links to other floras: = Lophiola aurea - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of wet savannas, bogs, marshes and ditches adjacent to these natural habitats.
Stems: Stems branched above in inflorescence, and woolly above.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, erect, sessile-clasping, linear, 3-12 in. long (decreasing upward), mostly smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a woolly-hairy, open, multi-branched terminal cluster; yellow; about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 6 reflexed, lance-shaped tepals that are brownish-maroon on the inside and bear a yellow fringed crest, 6 erect-spreading stamens and a single ovary with long style.
Fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.
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Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of wet savannas, bogs, marshes and ditches adjacent to these natural habitats.
stems: Stems branched above in inflorescence, and woolly above.
leaves: Leaves alternate, erect, sessile-clasping, linear, 3-12 in. long (decreasing upward), mostly smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a woolly-hairy, open, multi-branched terminal cluster; yellow; about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 6 reflexed, lance-shaped tepals that are brownish-maroon on the inside and bear a yellow fringed crest, 6 erect-spreading stamens and a single ovary with long style.
fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.
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