PLANTS Profile for Lachnanthes caroliana (Carolina redroot)

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Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy
Carolina redroot

Symbol:

LACA5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Haemodoraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy

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Synonyms:
Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy

	GYTI	Gyrotheca tinctoria (J.F. Gmel.) Salisb., orth. var.
	GYTI2	Gyrotheca tinctorium (J.F. Gmel.) Salisb.
	LATI3	Lachnanthes tinctoria (J.F. Gmel.) Elliot, orth. var.
	LATI5	Lachnanthes tinctorium (J.F. Gmel.) Elliot

Distribution:
Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy


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USA (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, RI, SC, TN, VA), CAN (NS)

Related Taxa:
Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy

View 3 genera in Haemodoraceae, 1 species in Lachnanthes

Classification:
Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy

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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	Haemodoraceae – Bloodwort family
Genus	Lachnanthes Elliot – lachnanthes
Species	Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy – Carolina redroot

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Carolina redroot		Endangered
Maryland:
red-root		Endangered
Massachusetts:
redroot		Special Concern
New York:
Carolina redroot		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Carolina redroot		Threatened
Tennessee:
Carolina redroot		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43329.

View species account 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.

Time Generated: 10/03/2008 11:12 PM MDT