Clintonia uniflora

(Menzies ex Schultes) Kunth

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
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 152. Mentioned on page 149.

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

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Alta., B.C., Alaska, Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Clintonia uniflora"
semiversatile +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
oblong-obovate +  and oblong-linear +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
mucronate +, acute +  and abruptly short-acuminate +
Frederick H. Utech +
(Menzies ex Schultes) Kunth +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
attenuate +  and cuneate +
Smilacina borealis var. uniflora +
10-18-seeded +
subglobose +  and pyriform +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
oblanceolate +  and obovate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Queen’s-cup +  and bride’s- bonnet +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0–2600 m +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
4-30-seeded +  and baccate +
metallic blue;black +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
ellipsoid +  and ovoid +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Montane coniferous forests +
persistent +
ovoid;subcylindrical +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering late May–Jul. +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
angled +  and round +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
3 +, 4 +  and 6 +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
compressed +  and columnar +
Smilacina uniflora +
Clintonia uniflora +
Clintonia +
species +
creamy white +
distinct +
18mm;25mm +
broadly obovate +  and oblanceolate +
5mm;7mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +