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Helonias (Greek, referring to swamp). Liliaceae. Swamp-pink. Stud-pink. A hardy perennial bulbous plant in wet places from northern New Jersey to North Carolina and is sold by dealers in native plants for bog-gardening.
Rootstock stout and tuberous: scape hollow, bracted, bearing at the top a short dense spike of rather showy purple fls.: segms. 6, persistent; stamens 6: caps, obovoid, 3-lobed, dehiscent above.—One species.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==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 *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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