Waldsteinia idahoensis

Piper

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 180. 1903.

Common names: Idaho barren-strawberry
Conservation concernEndemic
Synonyms: Geum idahoense (Piper) Smedmark
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 72. Mentioned on page 71.

Herbs, 15–40 cm. Leaves shallowly 3–5 (–7) -lobed, 3–7 cm wide, surfaces hirsute. Inflorescences 3–8-flowered. Flowers 15–18 mm diam.; hypanthium broadly obconic, 2–3 mm, glabrous; petals creamy yellow, broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 5–8 mm, much longer than sepals, apex obtuse; carpels 4–7.


Phenology: Flowering Jun.
Habitat: Mesic forest floors, under open canopy of grand fir or western red-cedar
Elevation: 500–1500 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Waldsteinia idahoensis is easily distinguished and highly disjunct from other species of the genus. The species usually proliferates after clear-cuts. Most of the records are from the Clearwater Region of north-central Idaho.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thin" is not a number.

... more about "Waldsteinia idahoensis"
James B. Phipps +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
3-5(-7)-lobed +, cordate +  and rounded +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
free +  and distinct +
short-villous +
Idaho barren-strawberry +
Idaho +  and Mont. +
not +  and aggregated +
500–1500 m +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
short-villous +
crescent--shaped +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Mesic forest floors, under open canopy of grand fir or western red-cedar +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
deciduous +
3-5(-7)-lobed +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
toothed +, unlobed +  and lobed +
inferior +  and superior +
clustered +, biseriate +  and superposed +
elongating +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
creamy yellow +
free +  and distinct +
broadly elliptic;suborbiculate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
reflexed +  and spreading +
triangular +
Conservation concern +  and Endemic +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
1 +  and 20 +
palmate +  and pinnate +
deciduous +
distinct +
basal +, lateral +, subterminal +  and terminal +
hairy +  and glabrous +
not hooked +
Geum idahoense +
Waldsteinia idahoensis +
Waldsteinia +
species +
not evident +
enlarged +
rhizomatous +  and scapose +