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Revision as of 13:03, 8 February 2018

Nothoscordum bivalve
Nothoscordum bivalve IWF.jpg
Photo from the Illinois Wildflowers Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Nothoscordum
Species: N. bivalve
Binomial name
Nothoscordum bivalve
L.
NOTH BIVA DIST.JPG
Natural range of Nothoscordum bivalve from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: grace garlic; false garlic;[1] crowpoison[2]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym: Allium bivalve[1]

Description

Distribution

This species is found from southeastern Virginia, westward to southern Ohio and Kansas, southward to central peninsular Florida, Texas, and South America.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

N. bivalve occurs around granite flatrocks, in various glades and barrens, open woodlands, along roadsides, and in fields.[1]

Phenology

In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, N. bivalve flowers from mid-March through mid-May and in September through December. Fruiting occurs in May through June and from October through January.[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, 08 February 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.