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Mystery South Carolina plant with orange tepals and tall monocot bloom
A 2 foot tall monocot with a single bell shaped flower per stem and six orange tepals. Described by Thomas Walter in 1788, this rare bog and savanna species grows from Virginia to Florida and into Carolina preserves, blooming summer to autumn.
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South Carolina
Thomas Walter
Mark Catesby
Catesby
Carolinas
Virginia
Bahamas
Walter
Santee River
Lake Moultrie
Florida
Louisiana
Coastal Plain
Lexington County
Florida Panhandle
Nature Conservancy
Green Swamp
North Carolina
Francis Marion National
John Nelson
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Herbarium