Triantha racemosa (Walter) Small. Common name: Southern Bog Asphodel, Coastal Plain Bog Asphodel. Phenology: Jun-early Aug; late Sep-Oct. Habitat: Pine savannas, pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, seepage bogs, sinkhole ponds (dolines) in the mountains of VA, acidic wet barrens, montane cliff-base ice ponds (SC). Distribution: NJ south to nw. FL, west to e. TX; disjunct in c. TN; disjunct in montane SC (E. Ungberg, pers.comm., 2024).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: The NJ populations are anomalous (as discussed by Packer 2002c) and need taxonomic investigation.
Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, ETx1, FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, Tn, Va, Spaulding et al (2019); = Tofieldia racemosa (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. — C, F, G, GW1, Tat, Tx, W, WH3, Zomlefer (1997c); = Tofieldia racemosa (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. racemosa — RAB; Melanthium racemosum Walter. Basionym: Melanthium racemosum Walter 1788
Links to other floras: = Triantha racemosa - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of savannas, savanna-pocosin ecotones, seepage bogs and sinkhole ponds (dolines) in the mountains of VA.
Stems: Stems scape-like, unbranched and densely covered with granular, rough glands.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, erect, grass-like, to 14 in long and 1/4 in. wide; the few stem leaves are smaller and bract-like.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers on glandular-hairy stalks in a terminal cylindrical cluster, with 3-7 flowers per node (1 per node at top); white (drying orange); about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 6 spreading, blunt-tipped, oblong-lance to spoon-shaped tepals (the inner series of 3 narrower and longer) and 6 stamens (about as long as tepals) surrounding a greenish-white, 3-celled ovary.
Fruits: Fruit a 3-celled, oval capsule.
Comments:
Height: 8-24 in.
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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of savannas, savanna-pocosin ecotones, seepage bogs and sinkhole ponds (dolines) in the mountains of VA.
stems: Stems scape-like, unbranched and densely covered with granular, rough glands.
leaves: Leaves mostly basal, erect, grass-like, to 14 in long and 1/4 in. wide; the few stem leaves are smaller and bract-like.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers on glandular-hairy stalks in a terminal cylindrical cluster, with 3-7 flowers per node (1 per node at top); white (drying orange); about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 6 spreading, blunt-tipped, oblong-lance to spoon-shaped tepals (the inner series of 3 narrower and longer) and 6 stamens (about as long as tepals) surrounding a greenish-white, 3-celled ovary.
fruits: Fruit a 3-celled, oval capsule.
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native range: southeastern United States
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