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Narthecium americanum - (image 1 of 5)

Taxonomy

Family: Nartheciaceae

Habitat

Wet pine savanna.

Associates

Distribution

Historically known from from NJ to SC but may now only occur in a small range in southern NJ.

Morphology

Herbaceous perennial; basal leaves erect, 10-20 cm long and 1-2 mm wide; cauline leaves few, bract-like; raceme crowded, 3-6 cm; pedicels bracteate; tepals 4-6 mm, the petals scarious-margined; fruit fusiform, long-pointed, 10-14 mm, seeds fusiform, prolonged at each end into a long filiform appendage.

Notes

Flowers June to July

Wetland indicator: FACW

Has been considered for federal listing. While locally abundant in a few counties in southern NJ no populations are currently known outside of the state.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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