Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Melanthiaceae

Amianthium - [maps | photos]

• Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walt.) A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: fly poison

Anticlea - [maps | photos]

• Anticlea glauca Kunth (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: mountain death camas
  Synonyms:
  

         • Zigadenus glaucus Nutt.

         • Zigadenus elegans Pursh ssp. glaucus (Nutt.) Hulten

Chamaelirium - [maps | photos]

• Chamaelirium luteum (L.) A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: fairywand

Stenanthium - [maps | photos]

• Stenanthium densum (Desr.) Zomlefer & Judd (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Osceola's plume
  Synonyms:
  

         • Zigadenus densus (Desr.) Fernald

• Stenanthium diffusum Wofford (TN Endangered)

• Stenanthium gramineum (Ker-Gawl.) Morong
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: eastern featherbells
  Synonyms:
  

         • Stenanthium gramineum (Ker-Gawl.) Morong var. robustum (S. Wats.) Fernald

         • Stenanthium gramineum (Ker-Gawl.) Morong var. micranthum Fernald

• Stenanthium tennesseense Sorrie & Weakley (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Tennessee death camas

Trillium - [maps | photos]

• Trillium catesbaei Ell.
  Common Name: Catesby's wakerobin

• Trillium cuneatum Raf.
  Common Name: little sweet Betsy
  Synonyms:
  

         • Trillium hugeri Small

• Trillium decumbens Harbison (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: trailing wakerobin, decumbent trillium

• Trillium erectum L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: red trillium
  Synonyms:
  

         • Trillium erectum L. var. album Pursh

         • Trillium erectum L. var. flavum Torr.

• Trillium flexipes Raf.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: nodding wakerobin, bent trillium

• Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.
  Common Name: largeflowered trillium

• Trillium lancifolium Raf. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: lanceleaf wakerobin

• Trillium luteum (Muhl.) Harbison
  Common Name: yellow trillium
  Synonyms:
  

         • Trillium cuneatum Raf. var. luteum (Muhl.) Ahles

• Trillium pusillum Michaux. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: dwarf wakerobin
  Synonyms:
  

         • Trillium pusillum Michx. var. ozarkanum (Palmer & Steyerm.) Steyerm.

• Trillium recurvatum Beck
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: bloody butcher

• Trillium rugelii Rendle (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: southern nodding trillium

• Trillium sessile L.
  Common Name: toadshade, sessile trillium

• Trillium simile Gleason
  Common Name: sweet white trillium

• Trillium stamineum Harbison
  Common Name: Blue Ridge wakerobin

• Trillium sulcatum T.S. Patrick
  Common Name: southern red trillium
  Synonyms:
  

         • Trillium erectum L. var. sulcatum Barksdale

• Trillium tennesseense E.E. Schill. & Floden (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Tennessee trillium

• Trillium undulatum Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: painted trillium

• Trillium vaseyi Harbison
  Common Name: Vasey's trillium
  Synonyms:
  

         • Trillium erectum L. var. vaseyi (Harbison) Ahles

Veratrum - [maps | photos]

• Veratrum latifolium (Desr.) Zomlefer (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: slender bunch-flower
  Synonyms:
  

         • Melanthium latifolium Desr.

         • Melanthium hybridum Walt.

• Veratrum parviflorum Michx.
  Common Name: Appalachian bunch-flower
  Synonyms:
  

         • Melanthium parviflorum (Michx.) S. Wats

• Veratrum virginicum (L.) W.T. Aiton (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Virginia bunch-flower
  Synonyms:
  

         • Melanthium dispersum Small

         • Melanthium virginicum L.

• Veratrum viride Aiton
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: green false hellebore

• Veratrum woodii J.W. Robbins ex Wood (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Wood's bunch-flower
  Synonyms:
  

         • Melanthium woodii (J.W. Robbins ex Wood) Bodkin

Xerophyllum - [maps | photos]

• Xerophyllum asphodeloides (L.) Nutt (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: eastern turkey-beard

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.