Scoliopus hallii

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 272. 1879.

Common names: Oregon fetid adder’s-tongue
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 118.

Stems very short, 2.5–10 mm. Leaves 2 (–3), subsessile; blade rarely mottled with purple, oblongelliptic, 8–14 × 2.5–5 cm. Flowers 1–5; outer tepals yellowish green with purple lines, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 6.5–10 mm; inner tepals linear-spatulate, 6–9 × 0.3 mm; filaments 2–4 mm; anthers 1.9–2.3 mm; style 2–2.5 mm; stigmas spreading to recurved; pedicel very slender, elongating to 6–10 cm. Capsules 16–18.5 × 5.5–7.5 mm, including beak. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering late winter–early spring.
Habitat: Coniferous woods, mossy mountain stream banks
Elevation: 0–800 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Scoliopus hallii"
0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
Frederick H. Utech +
S. Watson +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
mottled with purple +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
oblongelliptic +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
tunicate +  and scaly +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (1.85 cm18.5 mm <br />0.0185 m <br />) +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
Oregon fetid adder’s-tongue +
0–800 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unpleasant +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
thin-walled +  and capsular +
brownish purple +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
3-angled +  and oblong-lanceolate +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Coniferous woods, mossy mountain stream banks +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
linear-spatulate +
persistent +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
recurving +  and spreading +
3-angled +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering late winter–early spring. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
contractile +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
subterranean +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
persistent +
spreading +  and recurved +
persistent +
3 +  and 1 +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Scoliopus hallii +
Scoliopus +
species +
connate +  and distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
caulescent +  and scapose +