Helonias

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Melanthiaceae

• Scientific Name

  Helonias L.

• Description

  Genus Description - Tep 6, persistent around the fr; stamens 6, the long filaments surpassing the perianth, the blue anthers short-oblong, extrorse; ovary superior, 3- lobed, with many ovules on the axile placentae; styles 3, separate to the base; fr an obcordate, 3-lobed, loculicidal capsule; seeds appendaged at both ends; perennial herb from a very short rhizome, with a cluster of long basal lvs and a hollow scape beset with reduced bract-like lvs and bearing a dense, terminal, spike-like raceme of pink fls. Monotypic.

• Common Names

  swamp-pink