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§1 Plant
Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy
vernacular Carolina redroot — species · Haemodoraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Haemodoraceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Lachnanthes
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 165 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7.4
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Gray-Green
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 165 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Telfair 13271
- Tift 13277
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Wilcox 13315
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LACA5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3715422 ↗Record version
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