Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Lachnanthes caroliana

redroot
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

redroot

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Lachnanthes caroliana

Familia:

Haemodoraceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

flower

Tamaño:

3 ft tall by 0.5 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white,yellow

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

Winter dormant. Flowers summer-fall.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Groundcover or mass planting in moist areas.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Seed

Propagación:

Easily spread by division. Can also be planted from seed (no cold stratification is needed). Seeds are available through the Florida Wildflowers Growers Cooperative.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Stays wet -a- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Lime Rock, Organic

pH del suelo:

4 - 6.5

Apto para cultivo en:

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
Not vouchered
Selected
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies

Attracts bees, wasps, and butterflies. Documented bee species include  Agapostemon splendens, Augochloropsis metallica, A. sumptuosa, Dialictus coreopsis, D. tamiamensis, Anthidiellum perplexum, Anthidium maculifroizs, Coelioxys dolichos, C. mexicana, C. octodentata, C. sayi, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobreuis, M. georgica, M. inendica, M. petulans, M. texana, M. xylocopoides, Melissodes coinmunis, Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, B. pennsylvanicus, Xylocopa micans and X. virginica krom beini (Deyrup et al. 2002).

This is a favorite food plant of feral hogs which will dig up large patches overnight.

Hábitats nativos:

Marshes, wet depressions, disturbed areas, cutthroat seeps, disturbed sites (dry muck), flatwoods.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Poisonous to humans.  

Comentarios generales:

Flowers have yellow tepals but the inflorescence has abundant white hairs which provide an overall white aspect in the landscape. The species is named for its red roots and rhizomes.



Feral hogs love this plant and will dig up extensive areas to get the roots.  The plant in turn recovers quickly and new plants come up from the fragmented rhisomes.

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Deyrup, Mark, Jay Edirisinghe, and Beth Norden. (2002). The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Insecta Mundi, 544. ( https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/544/ ). Accessed 2026. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.


Rogers, George. (2019). Redroot Roulette (blog post). ( https://treasurecoastnatives.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/redroot-roulette/ ). Accessed 2026.


Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Traas, Pamela. (2001). Gardening for Florida's Butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg, FL.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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