Blooms: May-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Both sides of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to California.
Habitat: Deep humus of coniferous forests at low to moderate elevations.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Both sides of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to California.
Habitat: Deep humus of coniferous forests at low to moderate elevations.
Species Description:
General: Myco-heterotrophic herbs with simple, fleshy stems 1-4 dm. tall and 5-10 mm. thick, white- and pink-striped.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, numerous, scale-like, linear-lanceolate, pinkish to yellow-brown.
Flowers: Inflorescence a spike-like raceme 5-20 cm. long; sepals 5, distinct, white to pinkish or brownish, about 5 mm. long; petals none; stamens 10, purplish, from about equal to twice as long as the sepals; pistil 5-carpellary, styles very short, stigma shallowly 5-lobed; ovary superior.
Fruits: Fruit a capsule.
General: Myco-heterotrophic herbs with simple, fleshy stems 1-4 dm. tall and 5-10 mm. thick, white- and pink-striped.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, numerous, scale-like, linear-lanceolate, pinkish to yellow-brown.
Flowers: Inflorescence a spike-like raceme 5-20 cm. long; sepals 5, distinct, white to pinkish or brownish, about 5 mm. long; petals none; stamens 10, purplish, from about equal to twice as long as the sepals; pistil 5-carpellary, styles very short, stigma shallowly 5-lobed; ovary superior.
Fruits: Fruit a capsule.
Accepted Name:
Allotropa virgata Torr. & Gray ex GraySynonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Allotropa virgata
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Allotropa virgata specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Allotropa virgata specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Allotropa virgata treatment.
E-Flora BC: Allotropa virgata atlas page.
CalPhotos: Allotropa virgata images.
USDA Plants Database: Allotropa virgata.
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Ray Izumi, 2009
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