Haemodoraceae FAMILY

Lachnanthes caroliana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Poisonous[ 4 Title A Modern Herbal. Publication Author Grieve. Publisher Penguin Year 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9 Description Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants. ].

Botanical Description

Lachnanthes caroliana is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a rhizomatous rootstock; it forms a clump of erect stems around 30 - 105cm tall with their leaves mainly basal[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from te wild for local use as a medicine and a food. Lachnanthes caroliniana is sometimes a serious weed in commercial cranberry bogs within its native range[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern N. America - Nova Scotia to Florisa and Louisiana; Caribbean - western Cuba

HabitatSandy and peaty shores and swamps[ 43 Title Gray's Manual of Botany.Eighth Edition Publication Author Fernald. M. L. Publisher American Book Co.; New York Year 1950 ISBN 0442222505 Description A bit dated but a good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America. ]. Wet, acid, often sandy soil of bogs, swamps, ditches, low areas in savannahs and pinelands, margins of hammocks and pocosins; at elevations up to 600 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].