Scoliopus bigelovii
Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 145, plate 22. 1857.
Common names: Brownies California fetid adder’s-tongue
IllustratedEndemic
Stems 6–20 cm. Leaves 2–3 (–4), petiolate; blade often mottled with purple, elliptic to oblong, 14–24 × 4.5–8 cm. Flowers 3–12; outer tepals mottled with green and purple, ovatelanceolate, 12.5–19 mm; inner tepals linear-subulate, 11.5–19 × 0.5 mm; filaments 2.3–4.3 mm; anthers 2–2.8 mm; style 4.5–6 mm; stigmas strongly recurved; pedicel strongly recurved in fruit, 11–22 cm. Capsules 22–30 × 6–9 mm, including beak. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering late winter–early spring.
Habitat: Redwood and coastal coniferous forests, mossy mountain stream banks, shaded slopes
Elevation: 0–500 m
Discussion
R. Y. Berg (1959) demonstrated for Scoliopus bigelovii (and his findings also apply to S. hallii) that a single flower functions as three independent pollination units, a feature usually associated with Iris (F. H. Utech 1992).
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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3;12 +
beaked +
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umbellate +
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