Thismia americana N.Pfeiff.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Burmanniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stem subterranean, 3–10 mm, with a few minute scales; fl solitary, white and partly bluish-green, partly subterranean, obovoid-oblong, 8–15 mm, inner perianth-segments curved- ascending and connate at the tip. Known only from a wet prairie near Chicago, Ill., and not seen since 1916, the site now destroyed. Late summer. Very similar to T. rodwayi F. Muell., of Tasmania and N.Z.