Stenanthium gramineum Morong

Eastern featherbells (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Bulbs slender, ellipsoid, 3–8 cm. Stems 5–20 dm. Leaves numerous, ascending; blade narrowly linear, channeled, 20–70 × 0.5–3 cm, apex acuminate to obtuse. Inflorescences freely branching, terminal panicles of many compound racemes; terminal racemes longer than lateral; bracts linear, 2 mm. Flowers erect; perianth rotate; tepals not recurved distally, white to greenish yellow, narrowly lanceolate, 4–10 × 1–2 mm, apex acute to narrowly acuminate; tepal glands absent; stamens 1–4 mm; filaments equal; pedicel divergent, 4–6 mm. Capsules oblong, cylindric to ovoid, 6–10 mm including divergent style beaks. Seeds brown, ellipsoid to lanceoloid, 5–8(–10) mm. 2n = 20.
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Stem erect, leafy, to 1.5 m; lvs numerous, the larger 2–4 dm × 5–15 mm; panicle 2–5 dm, freely branched, the central axis continued into a wand-like terminal raceme; pedicels and bracts 2 mm; fls variable in size, the tep 4–10 mm; fr 10–15 mm; seeds 3–5 mm; 2n=20. Moist woods and meadows; Pa., O., Ind., and Mo., s. to Fla. and Ark.; locally intr. in Mich. July–Sept. (S. robustum, the form with erect instead of deflexed frs)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Stenanthium gramineum world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542046-1
WFO ID wfo-0000738397
COL ID 4ZTXV
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Synonyms

Stenanthium gramineum f. robustum Stenanthium gramineum Xerophyllum gramineum Anepsa spicata Helonias graminea Veratrum angustifolium Stenanthium angustifolium Stenanthium robustum Anepsa carinata Anepsa graminifolia Stenanthium gramineum var. robustum Stenanthium gramineum var. micranthum Stenanthium gramineum var. gramineum Stenanthium gramineum var. typicum