Summary ³

Clintonia andrewsiana is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common names Andrews clintonia and red clintonia. It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it grows in shady, moist areas of the coastal redwood forests. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 80 centimeters tall. Around the base of the plant are 5 or 6 wide, hairy, oval-shaped green leaves up to 30 centimeters long and 12...

Description ⁴

Plants 3–8 dm; rhizomes short, thick. Cauline leaves 4–6; blade dark green, oblanceolate to broadly elliptic, 20–35 × 5–15 cm. Inflorescences in terminal, umbel-like clusters, 1–3(–5) lateral clusters usually present, 20–45-flowered; bracts 1–3(–5), foliaceous. Flowers: tepals deep claret red, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 10–18 × 3–3.7 mm; filaments 7–10 mm; anthers oblong, 1.8–2.8 mm. Berries blue to bluish black, ovoid, 10–30-seeded, 8–12 mm. Seeds 3–4 mm. 2n = 28.

Flowering/fruiting ⁵

Flowering late Apr--late Jun.

Habitat ⁶

Moist, coastal redwood forests; 0--400m.

Nature serve conservation status ⁷

Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure

Sources and Credits

1. (c) David A. Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/23326361@N04/2969055913/
2. (c) David A. Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/23326361@N04/2974915950/
3. Adapted by dlimandri from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clintonia_andrewsiana
4. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/5017984
5. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/19895072
6. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/21502832
7. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/14771554

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