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Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray
flypoison

       
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Synonyms:
Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray

  CHMU5 Chrosperma muscitoxicum (Walter) Kuntze
  ZIMU2 Zigadenus muscitoxicus (Walter) Regel
 

Distribution:
Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray

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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 1 species in Amianthium
 

Classification:
Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Liliales
Family Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus Amianthium A. Gray – amianthium
Species Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray – flypoison
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray

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Kentucky:
fly-poison              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC FAC FAC FAC NO NO FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42775.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

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Amianthium muscitoxicum (Walter) A. Gray

Poisonous Plants of the Southern United States

 
 
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