Rhizomes pale-brown. Leaves: blade 2-ternate or ternate with leaflets deeply 3-lobed almost to base; leaflets short to long-petiolulate, blade ovate to triangular, incised-lobate nearly to midvein, margins sharply serrulate-denticulate. Inflorescences 2-4-flowered, often shorter than leaves at anthesis, 5-10 cm, elongating to 25 cm in fruit. Flowers nodding; sepals reflexed and ascending, linear-lanceolate, 6-11× 0.3-1 mm; petals linear-lanceolate, nectary nearly basal, blade flattened, narrowly ligulate at apex; stamens 10-25. Follicles 5-11; stipe equal to or slightly shorter than body; body oblong, 8-13.5 mm; beak recurved, less than 1mm. Seeds 2-2.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Moist woods, stream banks, seeps, and wet cliffs in the coastal mountains
Elevation: 500-2000 m
Distribution
Calif., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"elongating" is not a number.
... more about "Coptis laciniata"
dehiscing +
straight +
recurved +
terminal +
absent +
hooked +
flattened;incised-lobate;ovate;triangular +
oblong +
absent +
sepaloid +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
1-4-flowered +
small +
abundant +
filiform +
staminate +
symmetric +
nodding +
bisexual +
5;11 +
5;7 +
Present +
2-4-flowered +
often shorter +
compound +
undivided +
divided +
petiolate +
basal +
long-petiolulate +
3-lobed +
serrulate-denticulate +
basal +
absent +
4;10 +
hypogynous +
green +
distinct +
conspicuous +
5;7 +
linear-lanceolate +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
Bot. Gaz. +
1887 +
pale-brown +
1;many +
shiny +
wrinkled +
ellipsoid +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
green;white +
not persistent +
distinct +
? (?) +
linear-lanceolate +
cluster +
distinct +
10;25 +
absent +
unarmed +
slightly shorter +
equal +
absent +
persistent +
absent +
Coptis laciniata +
Coptis +
species +
rhizomatous +
perennial +