Lachnanthes caroliniana
Redroot

Native to Florida

Redroot is an emersed plant. It grows on sandy shores and in the water of ditches, bogs, swamps, lakes, and wet flatwoods. Carolina is the only species of Lachnanthes occurring in Florida (Wunderlin, 1998). Redroot can be found in the southeast US, as well as a smattering of northeastern states; and also in Nova Scotia, Canada (Kartesz, 1999).

Redroot is characterized by its "fan" of flattened leaves and its very tall (to five feet) flower cluster. Its name comes from its red-orange rhizome and roots. Redroot's leaves are swordlike, erect and gradually tapering. Redroot flowers are on a branched cluster that is held high above the leaves on a tall, fleshy stalk. The stalk and cluster branches are hairy. The flowers are small and wooly-looking. The outer petals are whitish, the inner petals are yellowish and wooly.

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