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| name = ''Chamaelirium''
| name = ''Chamaelirium''
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Chamaelirium (dwarf or ground lily, a Greek combination). Liliaceae. Sometimes spelled Chamaelirion. Rhizomatous whitish flowered hardy plant, sometimes planted in the herbary.
Erect, tall unbranched herb 2-4 ft. high (or perhaps 2 species), inhabiting low grounds from Mass. to Fla. and W.: rootstock tuberous: dioecious, the sterile plant less leafy than the other: lvs. radical and cauline, the lowermost spatulate, the upper lanceolate, narrowed at the base: fls. small (¼in, across), in a slender terminal raceme; segms. of perianth 6, white, narrow, 1-nerved, withering and persistent; sterile fls. with 6 stamens, and fertile fls. with rudiments of stamens; ovary 3-celled and 3-styled: fr. a 3-valved caps.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->