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|accepted_name=Melanthium latifolium
|accepted_authority=Desrousseaux in J. Lamarck et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|place=4: 25. 1797
|year=1797
}}
|common_names=Crisped bunch-flower;slender bunch-flower
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Melanthium racemosum
|authority=Michaux
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Melanthium;Melanthium latifolium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melanthium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Melanthium latifolium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 77
|treatment_page=page 78
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>0.5–1.5 × 0.5–1 cm; bulbs 0.6–1.7 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1/4–1/2 floriferous, 0.5–1.6 m. <b>Leaf</b> blades narrowly oblanceolate, 25–55 × 1–7.2 cm, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1.7–7 dm; terminal racemes 0.4–3.9 dm; secondary racemes spreading to ascending, 0.7–1.8(–2) dm; tertiary racemes common; bracts ovate to subulate, green to purplish brown, 2–6 mm, densely floccose proximally and marginally. <b>Tepals</b> greenish white to light yellow, aging green, orbiculate to rhombic, 3–8 × 2–4.8 mm, base abruptly attenuate, clawed, margins strongly undulate, basal 2/5 linear, involute, apex shortly acuminate; claws 0.3–6.9 mm; glands yellow, oblong to oblong-ovate, nectariferous; stamens 4–5.5 mm; filaments inserted at or below middle of claw, 0.4–1 mm from ovary base, not basally dilated, equaling tepal width at insertion point; anthers 0.7 mm; ovary ovoid, glabrous or pubescent; styles 1.7–3 mm; pedicel spreading to ascending, 7–17 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid-oblong, 12–19 × 7–12 mm, glabrous or glabrate. <b>Seeds</b> 7.5–9 × 4–4.5 mm (including wings). <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Mesic to dry, rocky, wooded slopes
|elevation=300–1700 m
|distribution=Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Md.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Traditionally, <i>Melanthium latifolium</i> has been known by the misapplied name M. hybridum Walter (N. L. Bodkin 1979).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Melanthium latifolium
|author=
|authority=Desrousseaux in J. Lamarck et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Melanthium racemosum
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Mesic to dry, rocky, wooded slopes
|elevation=300–1700 m
|distribution=Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Md.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|publication year=1797
|special status=
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|genus=Melanthium
|species=Melanthium latifolium
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