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|accepted_name=Melanthium parviflorum
|accepted_authority=(Michaux) S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=14: 276. 1879
|year=1879
}}
|common_names=Appalachian bunch-flower
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Veratrum parviflorum
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=2: 250. 1803
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Melanthium;Melanthium parviflorum
|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 parviflorum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 77, 78
|treatment_page=page 79
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>0.6–3 × 0.5–1.2 cm; bulbs 1–1.6 cm. <b>Stems</b> 2/3–4/5 floriferous, 0.5–1.5 m. <b>Leaf</b> blades broadly oblanceolate to obovate, slightly plicate, 17–35 × 4.5–12.5 cm, apex obtuse to submucronate. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2.5–10 dm; terminal raceme 1–4.4 dm; secondary racemes spreading to occasionally perpendicular, 0.6–2.2(–2.4) dm; tertiary racemes rare, sometimes replacing first flowers on lower secondaries; bracts subulate, dark green, 2–4 mm, densely floccose abaxially, basally, and marginally. <b>Tepals</b> greenish yellow to olive green, aging to light green, narrowly rhombic to oblanceolate, 5–9 × 1.3–3 mm, base gradually attenuate to a narrow stalk, not clawed, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate; glands obscure, whitened in age, not nectariferous; stamens 3–4.5 mm; filaments inserted on tepal bases, 0.4 mm from ovary base, slightly dilated basally, barely 1/3 as wide as tepals at insertion point; anthers 0.5 mm; ovary ovoid, glabrous; styles 1–1.5 mm; pedicel spreading to nearly perpendicular, 5.5–11 mm. <b>Capsules</b> elliptic-oblong, 10–18 × 7–10 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 7.5–10 × 3.5–4.5 mm (including wings). <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Rich, moist, deciduous woods on mountain slopes and crests
|elevation=800–2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Melanthium parviflorum
|authority=(Michaux) S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Veratrum parviflorum
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Rich, moist, deciduous woods on mountain slopes and crests
|elevation=800–2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1879
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_67.xml
|genus=Melanthium
|species=Melanthium parviflorum
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