Taxon: Xerophyllum asphodeloides (L.) Nutt.

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Species on the following lists:

• Center for Plant Conservation
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• mountain-asphodel   (Source: Harv Pap Bot 2:155.) – English
  
• turkey-beard   (Source: Glea Cron ) – English
  
• liten björnlilja   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - New Jersey, West Virginia [e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware, Georgia [n.e.], Maryland [e.], North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland.
• Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
• Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
• Zomlefer, W. B. 1997. The genera of Melanthiaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Pap. Bot. 2:154–155.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Xerophyllum asphodeloides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Xerophyllum asphodeloides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Xerophyllum asphodeloides.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Helonias asphodeloides L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Xerophyllum asphodeloides (L.) Nutt.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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