Clintonia uniflora (menzies ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth

Bride's bonnet (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Clintonia

Characteristics

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.
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A herb that keeps growing from year to year from an underground stem or rhizome. It grows 50 cm high. The leaves at the base are 2-5 cm wide. It has one or sometimes 2 flowers. They are white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.25
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 1-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses dye forage medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Dermatological Aid (leaf), Eye Medicine (leaf), Urinary Aid (root), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Eye Medicine (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Clintonia uniflora unspecified picture

Distribution

Clintonia uniflora world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533180-1
WFO ID wfo-0000763756
COL ID W799
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Smilacina uniflora Clintonia uniflora Smilacina borealis var. uniflora