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Clintonia uniflora

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Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1969. Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons. 1: 1–914. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press,
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that can live up to 30 years (or more). The plant flowers between late May and July, and thereafter the fruit matures from late July to September.
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The plant is not considered palatable but it is of at least minor importance as food for some wildlife species including birds, elk, and deer.
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birds are the only reported dispersers of the seeds, which remain viable in the ground for at least a couple of years.
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occurs in many forest types but it prefers a cool moist coniferous forest consisting of western red cedar (
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means "one-flowered", a characteristic that distinguishes this species from others in the genus
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Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
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Hultén, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska i–xxi, 1–1008. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
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forests, typically at elevations from 3,000 to 5,000 ft (914 to 1,524 m).
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County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA)
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County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA)
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State-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA)
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The Lily Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington
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peoples, used the plant as a dermatological aid and eye medicine. The
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observe flowering plants uniformly throughout June and July.
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Citizen science observations for Clintonia uniflora
343:approximately 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter. 583:. The tepals of the latter are a deep claret red. 502:). It is also associated with western white pine ( 1639: 918: 968:Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 792: 790: 788: 786: 716: 714: 327:of two flowers. The small flower has six white 1104:. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014 1074:. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014 1027: 1025: 1023: 1021: 1019: 1004:. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014 579:has multiple flowers arranged in one or more 1186:(Menzies ex J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Kunth" 1116: 808:Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA) 783: 711: 1190:BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database 1016: 886: 726:(Menzies ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth" 297:. For this reason, it is also known as the 1693:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) 1167: 755: 681: 416:, which was later segregated into species 246:(Menzies ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Hook. 58: 31: 951: 919:Schultes, J. A.; Schultes, J. H. 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In Jepson Flora Project (ed.). 390:The fruit is a single round blue 1589:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533180-1 660:List of plants known as bluebead 645:is used as a garden ornamental. 383: 363: 348: 81: 1206: 571:has a single flower with white 559:in northwestern California and 431: 394:up to a centimeter in diameter. 1688:Flora of the Klamath Mountains 958:Kunth, Karl Sigismund (1850). 304: 1: 1269:University of Texas at Austin 899:The Jepson Online Interchange 675: 797:Utech, Frederick H. (2002). 665:List of plants known as lily 532:), and Canadian bunchberry ( 408:described the plant variety 370:The solitary flower has six 7: 1683:Flora of Washington (state) 1032:Meyer, Rachelle S. (2005). 825:Harvard University Herbaria 648: 496:), and Pacific silver fir ( 399: 10: 1719: 1648:NatureServe secure species 736:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 731:Plants of the World Online 586: 511:Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 16:Species of flowering plant 1315: 821:Missouri Botanical Garden 819:– via eFloras.org, 299:single-flowered clintonia 239: 232: 202: 195: 78:Scientific classification 76: 56: 47: 41:Mount Pilchuck State Park 39: 30: 23: 1698:Plants described in 1829 1123:McNeal, Dale W. (2012). 1658:Flora of Western Canada 612: 355:Watercolor painting by 823:, St. Louis, MO & 545:overlaps with that of 1096:Clintonia andrewsiana 868:Stearn, W.T. (2004). 439:is native to western 424:, first described by 406:Josef August Schultes 1137:The Jepson Herbarium 933:Systema Vegetabilium 697:NatureServe Explorer 478:), western hemlock ( 426:Carl Sigismund Kunth 260:, commonly known as 1668:Flora of California 577:C. andrewsiana 548:C. andrewsiana 523:Tiarella trifoliata 335:with pollen-dusted 280:in the lily family 50:Conservation status 1347:Clintonia uniflora 1317:Clintonia uniflora 1286:Clintonia uniflora 1257:Clintonia uniflora 1233:Clintonia uniflora 1184:Clintonia uniflora 1127:Clintonia uniflora 1066:Clintonia uniflora 1036:Clintonia uniflora 996:Clintonia uniflora 923:Smilacina borealis 842:Clintonia uniflora 801:Clintonia uniflora 763:Clintonia uniflora 724:Clintonia uniflora 691:Clintonia uniflora 643:Clintonia uniflora 619:indigenous peoples 600:Citizen scientists 592:Clintonia uniflora 514:), and noble fir ( 490:), subalpine fir ( 481:Tsuga heterophylla 459:. 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Clintonia uniflora, Mount Pilchuck State Park, Washington, July 2008
Mount Pilchuck State Park
Conservation status
NatureServe
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Liliales
Liliaceae
Lilioideae
Clintonia
Binomial name
Menzies
Schult.
Schult. f.
Kunth
Synonyms
species
flowering plant
Liliaceae
specific epithet
Clintonia
perennial
herbaceous plant
rhizomes
inflorescence
tepals

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