Melanthium woodii (J.W. Robbins ex Alph. Wood) Bodkin. Common name: Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False-hellebore. Phenology: Jul; Sep. Habitat: Circumneutral soil of woodlands over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite) or other calcareous substrates, hammocks. Distribution: Primarily Ozarkian, but extending in scattered populations eastward as far as FL Panhandle (Gadsden and Liberty counties), sw. GA, nw. GA, sc. TN, nw. SC (Pickens County), and sw. NC (Polk County).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NS, POWO; = n/a — RAB; = Veratrum woodii J.W.Robbins ex Wood — Ar, C, F, G, Il, Mo1, Tn, WH3, Zomlefer (1997a); > Veratrum intermedium Chapm. — S, S13; > Veratrum woodii J.W.Robbins ex Wood — S13; Veratrum woodii J.W.Robbins ex Wood — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Melanthium woodii - FNA26
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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© Alan Cressler: Veratrum woodii, Lookout Mountain, Walker County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Veratrum parviflorum (left), Veratrum woodii (right), Lookout Mountain, Walker County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial from basal rosette of leaves, found in rich, moist deciduous forests.
Stems: The stems is an unbranched flowering scape arising from the center of the rosette.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, elliptic to oval, 6-12 in. long, with prominent parallel veins and longitudinal pleats, smooth; there are a few, smaller alternate leaves with sheathing bases on the scape.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a terminal raceme or branched panicle, 1-2 ft. long; upper flowers contain male and female parts, while lower flowers are only male (with stamens). Upper flowers consist of 6 widely spreading reddish-brown, narrow tepals (with pair of dark red glands at the base), 6 stamens and an ovary with 3 styles.
Fruits: Fruit an elliptic-oblong capsule.
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Height: 3-6 (flowering stalk)
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description: Erect perennial from basal rosette of leaves, found in rich, moist deciduous forests.
stems: The stems is an unbranched flowering scape arising from the center of the rosette.
leaves: Leaves mostly basal, elliptic to oval, 6-12 in. long, with prominent parallel veins and longitudinal pleats, smooth; there are a few, smaller alternate leaves with sheathing bases on the scape.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a terminal raceme or branched panicle, 1-2 ft. long; upper flowers contain male and female parts, while lower flowers are only male (with stamens). Upper flowers consist of 6 widely spreading reddish-brown, narrow tepals (with pair of dark red glands at the base), 6 stamens and an ovary with 3 styles.
fruits: Fruit an elliptic-oblong capsule.
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