Clintonia andrewsiana
Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 150. 1857.
Common names: Red clintonia
IllustratedEndemic
Plants 3–8 dm; rhizomes short, thick. Cauline leaves 4–6; blade dark green, oblanceolate to broadly elliptic, 20–35 × 5–15 cm. Inflorescences in terminal, umbellike clusters, 1–3 (–5) lateral clusters usually present, 20–45-flowered; bracts 1–3 (–5), foliaceous. Flowers: tepals deep claret red, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 10–18 × 3–3.7 mm; filaments 7–10 mm; anthers oblong, 1.8–2.8 mm. Berries blue to bluish black, ovoid, 10–30-seeded, 8–12 mm. Seeds 3–4 mm. 2n = 28.
Phenology: Flowering late Apr–late Jun.
Habitat: Moist, coastal redwood forests
Elevation: 0–400 m
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semiversatile +
basifixed +
extrorse +
oblong +
sessile +
sheathing +
hyaline +
herbaceous +
arising +
10-30-seeded +
ovoid +
dark green +
villous +
narrow +
foliaceous +
absent +
1;3 +
petiolate +
prominent +
Red clintonia +
solid +
fleshy +
thin +
pubescent +
dilated +
slender +
single +
metallic blue;black +
Present +
20-45-flowered +
cluster +
lateral +
absent +
umbel-like +
simple +
persistent +
absent +
obscure +
superior +
glabrous +
ovoid;subcylindrical +
2;10 +
ascending +
elongate +
unequal +
showy +
Pacif. Railr. Rep. +
1857 +
wind-distributed +
brown +
shiny +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
2-lobed +
Clintonia andrewsiana +
Clintonia +
species +
claret red +
deep +
caducous +
distinct +
10mm;18mm +
absent +
3mm;3.7mm +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
woody +