Melanthium parviflorum (Michaux) S. Watson
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Detail
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Melanthium parviflorum (Michaux) S. Watson
- Common Name
- Mountain Bunchflower, Small-flowered False-hellebore
- Synonym(s)
- Veratrum parviflorum Michx.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Melanthium parviflorum (Michaux) S. Watson
- Comments
- Historically, this species has been variously placed in Melanthium or Veratrum. The latest molecular studies support the inclusion of this species in Melanthium, rather than Veratrum; see Kim, S.-C. J.S. Kim, M.W. Chase, M.F. Fay, and J.-H. Kim. 2016. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of Melanthiaceae (Liliales) based on plastid DNA sequences. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 181: 567-584.
- Habitat
- Mesic and dry-mesic montane forests at middle to high elevations, tolerating a wide range of soil chemistries; perhaps most frequent in mixed oak, oak-hickory, and northern red oak forests. Common in the greater central part of the mountains, from roughly Giles and Floyd counties n. to Rockingham and Albemarle counties; very infrequent in both the far n. and far sw. mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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