Crowpoison facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Crowpoison |
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Nothoscordum
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bivalve
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Species synonymy
Allium bivalve (L.) Kuntze
Allium bivalve var. bangii Kuntze Allium bivalve var. flavescens (Kunth) Kuntze Allium bivalve var. sellowianum (Kunth) Kuntze Allium bivalve var. striatum (Jacq.) Kuntze Allium canadense Michx. Allium flavescens Poepp. ex Kunth 1843, illegitimate homonym not Besser 1821 Allium geminatum Raf. Allium ornithogaloides Walter Allium sellowianum (Kunth) Regel Allium striatellum Lindl. Allium striatum Jacq. Allium subbiflorum Colla Brodiaea aurea Benth. & Hook. f. Brodiaea berteroi (Kunth) Fuentes Brodiaea subbiflora (Colla) Baker Geboscon bivalve (L.) House Geboscon geminatum (Raf.) Raf. Geboscon striatum (Jacq.) Raf. Hookera subbiflora Kuntze Milla subbiflora (Colla) Baker Nothoscordum flavescens Kunth Nothoscordum gramineum Beauverd Nothoscordum gramineum (Sims) P. Beauv. Nothoscordum gramineum var. flavescens Fuentes Nothoscordum gramineum var. philippianum Beauverd Nothoscordum gramineum var. vernum Fuentes Nothoscordum ornithogaloides (Walter) Kunth Nothoscordum philippianum Kunth & C.D.Bouché Nothoscordum sellowianum Kunth Nothoscordum striatellum (Lindl.) Kunth Nothoscordum striatum (Jacq.) Kunth Nothoscordum subbiflorum (Colla) Walp. Nothoscordum texanum M.E.Jones Oligosma bivalve (L.) Salisb. Ornithogalum bivalve L. Ornithogalum carolinianum Schult. & Schult.f. Ornithogalum gramineum Sims Ornithogalum pulchellum Salisb. Tristagma subbiflorum (Colla) Ravenna Triteleia berteroi Kunth |
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Nothoscordum bivalve is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae known by the common names crowpoison and false garlic. It is native to the southern United States from Arizona to Virginia, as well as Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and central Chile.
Nothoscordum bivalve is a perennial herb growing from a bulb about a centimeter wide. It produces one erect stem, or occasionally two. They grow up to 40 centimetres (16 in) tall. There are one to four narrow leaves up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long. The inflorescence is an umbel of 3 to 6 flowers, or sometimes up to 10. There are two bracts at the base of the umbel. The flower has six whitish tepals, each of which usually has a dark reddish midvein. The flower has no scent. The fruit is a capsule.
This is a common plant which grows in parks and on roadsides, and soils which are not too dry or too wet; it grows well in lawns. It is a favorite nectar source for small butterflies such as the falcate orangetip.
