| Botanical name: |
Zigadenus
leimanthoides
|
| Common
name: |
Pine
Barrens death camas
|
| Synonomy |
Oceanorus leimanthoides
(Gray) Small |
| Group: |
Monocot |
| Family: |
Liliaceae
|
| Growth
Type: |
Forb/herb |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Plant
height: |
5-25dm
|
| Flower
color: |
6
petals, white-creamy to yellow
flowers |
| Flower
size: |
flowers crowed in panicled racemes,
3-5mm
|
| Flowering/fruiting time |
late
June to mid-July. |
| Habitat: |
wet,
sandy
pinelands and bogs of the coastal plain and Piedmont. |
| Range in
New Jersey: |
This
plant is not
Pinelands listed, but is found in the Pine Barrens as well as Middlesex
County. |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
S1 by Natural Heritage database, and its
state status is endangered in New Jersey. |
| Misc.: |
USDA
lists as an obligate wetland species: Occurs almost always (estimated
probability 99%) under natural conditions in wetlands.
Erect stem. Leaves elongate-linear.
|
Not sure what a word means? Use Answers.com:
|
