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by Renee Brecht |
Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** |
| Botanical name: |
Lophiola aurea Ker Gawl. |
| Common
name: |
goldencrest |
| Synonomy: |
| Lophiola americana (Pursh) Alph. Wood |
| Lophiola septentrionalis Fernald |
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| Group: |
Monocot |
| Family: |
Liliaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Forb/herb |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Origin: |
Native |
| Plant
height: |
24-35" |
| Foliage: |
silver/gray, woolly |
| Flower: |
small, bright yellow |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
Blooms early May to June; fruit late June to August |
| Habitat: |
wet acid soil of bogs and swamps of pinelands |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
Pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution |
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| Misc.: |
This plant reaches its northern limit in the Pine Barrens.
Witmer
Stone wrote in 1910: "This is a striking lant found only in the heart
of the Pine Barrens. The dense, wooly covering of the flowers recalls
the Eidelweiss of the Swiss mountains, and from the downy, white clusters the little yellow flowers peep out like tiny stars...."(356)
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 535.
Stone, Witmer.
The Plants of Southern New Jersey.Quartermen Publications, Inc. Boston,
Mass. Reprinted 1973 from 1911 The Plants of Southern New Jersey with
Especial Reference to the Flora of the Pine Barrens and the Geographic
Distribution of the Species. |
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