Melanthium
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Melanthium (Greek, black flower; from the color which the persistent perianth assumes on fading). Liliaceae. Leafy perennial herbs 2-5 ft. high, with thick rootstocks: lvs. linear to oblanceolate, the lower ones sheathing: fls. greenish, white or cream-colored, borne in a large open terminal panicle; segms. of perianth 6, separate, clawed, biglandular; stamens adnate to segms.; styles 3, subulate: fr. a 3-celled caps.—Species 4, E. U. S.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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