Chamaelirium luteum A.Gray

Fairywand (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Melanthiaceae > Chamaelirium

Characteristics

Staminate plant 3–7 dm, the pistillate taller, to 12 dm; basal lvs elongate-spatulate to obovate, 8–15 cm; the cauline progressively smaller and narrower, the upper linear; fls white, drying yellowish, the tep 3 mm; staminate spike 4–12 cm × 10–15 mm, with spreading pedicels; pistillate spike very slender, to 3 dm, the pedicels erect or ascending; fr ellipsoid or somewhat obovoid, 7–14 mm; seeds 3–5 mm. Moist woods and bogs; Mass. to Fla., w. to s. Ont., O., s. Ind., s. Ill., Ark., and La. June. (C. obovale)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Low moist ground in meadows, thickets and rich woods.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 1-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-6

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified), Ache(Side) (unspecified), Apertif (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Depression (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Preventitive(Miscarriage) (unspecified), Uterotonic (unspecified), Uterus (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Sialogogue (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Alterative (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Leucorrhea (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Chamaelirium luteum leaf picture by Ryan Elliott (cc-by-sa)
Chamaelirium luteum leaf picture by Philip Enteles (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Chamaelirium luteum flower picture by Ryan Elliott (cc-by-sa)
Chamaelirium luteum flower picture by Tom Jones (cc-by-sa)
Chamaelirium luteum flower picture by Martha Gordon (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Chamaelirium luteum world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Canada, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532651-1
WFO ID wfo-0000763113
COL ID TKDJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Helonias dioica Helonias pumila Siraitos luteus Veratrum luteum Veratrum flavum Abalon albiflorum Chamaelirium carolinianum Chamaelirium luteum Chamaelirium obovale Chionographis lutea Melanthium dioicum Melanthium luteum Ophiostachys virginica Diclinotrys albiflorum Helonias lutea Chamaelirium luteum Dasurus luteus Abalon albiflorum var. obovatum Abalon albiflorum var. pumilum Abalon albiflorum var. serpentarium Abalon albiflorum var. spicatum Abalon albiflorum var. sylvaticum