Helonias
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Read about Helonias in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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