Clintonia uniflora
Enum. Pl. 5: 159. 1850.
Common names: Queen’s-cup bride’s- bonnet
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Smilacina borealis var. uniflora Menzies ex Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 7(1): 307. 1829
Synonyms: Smilacina uniflora (Menzies ex Schultes) Hooker
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Plants 1.5–2.5 dm; rhizomes elongate. Cauline leaves 2–3; blade pale green adaxially, oblanceolate to obovate, 8–20 × 2.5–6.5 cm. Inflorescences 1 (–2) -flowered, erect; bract 1, narrowly linear. Flowers: tepals creamy white, broadly obovate to oblanceolate, 18–25 × 5–7 mm; filaments 11–18 mm; anthers oblong-linear, 3.5–5.5 mm. Berries deep lustrous blue, subglobose to pyriform, 10–18-seeded, 6–12 mm. Seeds 3–4 mm. 2n = 28.
Phenology: Flowering late May–Jul.
Habitat: Montane coniferous forests
Elevation: 0–2600 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Alaska, Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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semiversatile +
oblong-linear +
basifixed +
extrorse +
sessile +
sheathing +
hyaline +
herbaceous +
arising +
10-18-seeded +
blue +
deep +
lustrous +
pale green +
villous +
narrow +
foliaceous +
absent +
petiolate +
prominent +
solid +
fleshy +
thin +
pubescent +
dilated +
slender +
single +
metallic blue;black +
Present +
1(-2)-flowered +
cluster +
umbel-like +
simple +
persistent +
absent +
obscure +
superior +
glabrous +
ovoid;subcylindrical +
2;10 +
ascending +
elongate +
unequal +
showy +
Enum. Pl. +
1850 +
elongate +
wind-distributed +
brown +
shiny +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
2-lobed +
Clintonia uniflora +
Clintonia +
species +
creamy white +
caducous +
distinct +
18mm;25mm +
absent +
5mm;7mm +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
woody +