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==Distribution==
 
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This species occurs from southern New York, Pennsylvania, Montana, and Oklahoma, southward to the Florida panhandle, Mississippi, and Arizona.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
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This species occurs from southern New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Oklahoma, southward to the Florida panhandle, Mississippi, and Arizona.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==

Revision as of 09:16, 21 February 2018

Amianthium muscitoxicum
Amianthium muscitoxicum AFP.jpg
Photo by Atlas of Florida Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Amianthium
Species: A. muscitoxicum
Binomial name
Amianthium muscitoxicum
(Walter) A. Gray
AMIA MUSC DIST.JPG
Natural range of Amianthium muscitoxicum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name: fly-poison[1][2]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: A. muscaetoxicum; Chrosperma muscaetoxicum; Zigadenus muscitoxicus;[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs from southern New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Oklahoma, southward to the Florida panhandle, Mississippi, and Arizona.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

A. muscitoxicum occurs from 5-1600 m in elevation across a wide variety of mesic to dry forests, pine savannas, sandhills, and meadows.[1]

Phenology

In the Southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, flowering occurs from May through July and fruiting from July through September.[1]


Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  2. USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 21 February 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.