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|accepted_name=Melanthium virginicum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 339. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Virginia bunch-flower
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Melanthium dispersum
|authority=Small
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Veratrum virginicum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Aiton f.
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Melanthium;Melanthium virginicum
|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 virginicum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 75, 77
|treatment_page=page 78
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>0.5–2 × 0.5–1.8 cm; bulbs 0.6–2.5 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1/4–1/3 floriferous, 0.6–2 m. <b>Leaf</b> blades linear, long-attenuate, 30–80 × 0.6–3.2 cm, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1.3–8 dm; terminal raceme 1–2.6 dm; secondary racemes spreading to ascending, 0.2–1.1(–2.2) dm; tertiary racemes infrequent; bracts obovate to subulate, green to brown, 2–4(–6) mm, densely floccose abaxially and marginally. <b>Tepals</b> greenish yellow, aging dark reddish purple, ovate to obovate-oblong, 5.5–13 × 2.2–6 mm, base abruptly auriculate to hastate, clawed, margins entire, apex acute, claws 0.5–1.2(–2.5) mm; glands yellowish green, oblong to oblong-ovate, nectariferous; stamens 6.5–8.5 mm; filaments inserted at or above middle of claw, 0.7–2.5 mm from ovary base, not basally dilated, equaling tepal width at insertion point; anthers 0.9 mm; ovary ovoid, glabrous or pubescent; styles 1.5–3.5 mm; pedicel spreading to ascending, 5–20 mm. <b>Capsules</b> elliptic-ovoid, 10–18 × 6–10 mm, glabrous or glabrate. <b>Seeds</b> 5–8 × 2.5–4 mm (including wings). <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Bogs, marshes, wet woods, savannas, meadows, along railroads
|elevation=10–800 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>The clawed tepals of Melanthium virginicum distinguish it from M. parviflorum and M. woodii, which have tepals with gradually attenuate bases.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Melanthium virginicum
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Melanthium dispersum;Veratrum virginicum
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Bogs, marshes, wet woods, savannas, meadows, along railroads
|elevation=10–800 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_65.xml
|genus=Melanthium
|species=Melanthium virginicum
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