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Fly-poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum) Brunswick Co., NC 18 May 2008 Statewide and common in NC in various habitats from meadows to forests to pine savannas. This is the only species found in this genus. |
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Fly-poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum) Brunswick Co., NC 18 May 2008 Like many members of this family of plants, and like the common name suggests, Fly-poison is very toxic. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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