Clintonia borealis - (image 1 of 6)
Taxonomy
Family: Liliaceae
Habitat
Rich, moist woods. Shaded bogs.
Associates
Distribution
Labrador and Newfoundland west to Manitoba and MN, south to NJ, PA, northern IN, and south at high elevation to NC and TN.
Morphology
Rhizomatous perennial. Leaves 2-5, simple, glossy green, oblong to obovate, abruptly acuminate. Flowers 3-8 in an umbel on a long, erect scape, nodding, greenish-yellow; tepals 6. Fruit a blue to white berry.
Notes
Flowers May and June
Wetland Indicator: Facultative
Usually found on north-facing slopes or in deeply shaded woods.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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