Lachnanthes

Elliott

Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 47. 1816.

Common names: Red root
Etymology: Greek lachne, wool, and anthos, flower, in reference to pubescent flowers
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 48. Mentioned on page 47.
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FNA26 Plate 002.jpegPontederia cordata
Lachnanthes caroliniana
Lophiola aurea
John Myers
John Myers
John Myers

Rhizomes reddish, roots fibrous. Stems erect; sap red. Leaves mostly basal, some cauline, reduced; blade linear-ensiform. Inflorescences: bracts conspicuous, subtending each flower. Flowers: tepals glabrous adaxially; stamens 3, longer than tepals; ovary inferior, 3-locular; ovules ca. 6 per locule, arranged around margin of peltate, stipitate, axile placenta. Capsules 3-lobed. Seeds discoid, peltate, few per locule.

Distribution

North America, West Indies

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

... more about "Lachnanthes"
sagittate +
Kenneth R. Robertson +
Elliott +
folded +  and sheathing +
linear-ensiform +
subtending +
conspicuous +
Red root +
North America +  and West Indies +
Greek lachne, wool, and anthos, flower, in reference to pubescent flowers +
loculicidal +
condensed +, loose +, many-flowered +, many-branched +  and cymose +
irislike +
reduced +
distinct +
anatropous +  and orthotropous +
3-carpellate +  and compound +
stipitate +  and peltate +
Sketch Bot. S. Carolina +
elongate +
elongate +
Lachnanthes +
Haemodoraceae +
persistent +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
annual +  and perennial +