Blooms: May-July
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Both sides of the Cascades in Washington; Alaska to Newfoundland, south (mostly in the mountains) to California and Georgia.
Habitat: Cool, damp woods, low to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Both sides of the Cascades in Washington; Alaska to Newfoundland, south (mostly in the mountains) to California and Georgia.
Habitat: Cool, damp woods, low to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Species Description:
General: Herbaceous, juicy perennial from slender rhizomes, the stem 1-4 dm. tall, simple to freely-branched, clear green, glabrous below, with short, soft hairs above and in the inflorescence.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, the blades ovate to cordate-ovate, acuminate, entire or with widely-spaced, small teeth, 2-6 cm. long, with fine, appressed hairs, especially on the underside..
Flowers: Inflorescence of axillary racemes, often with 1 or 2 linear bracts at the base; pedicels spreading to erect in flower, becoming reflexed and equaling the fruit; calyx tube very short, 2-lobed, the lobes reflexed; petals 2, white, notched, 1-1.5 mm. long; ovary inferior, 2-celled; stamens 2.
Fruits: Capsule 2-celled, top-shaped, 2 mm. long, covered with short, hooked hairs.
General: Herbaceous, juicy perennial from slender rhizomes, the stem 1-4 dm. tall, simple to freely-branched, clear green, glabrous below, with short, soft hairs above and in the inflorescence.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, the blades ovate to cordate-ovate, acuminate, entire or with widely-spaced, small teeth, 2-6 cm. long, with fine, appressed hairs, especially on the underside..
Flowers: Inflorescence of axillary racemes, often with 1 or 2 linear bracts at the base; pedicels spreading to erect in flower, becoming reflexed and equaling the fruit; calyx tube very short, 2-lobed, the lobes reflexed; petals 2, white, notched, 1-1.5 mm. long; ovary inferior, 2-celled; stamens 2.
Fruits: Capsule 2-celled, top-shaped, 2 mm. long, covered with short, hooked hairs.
Accepted Name:
Circaea alpina L.Synonyms:
Circaea alpina L. ssp. alpina
Circaea alpina L. ssp. pacifica (Aschers. & Magnus) Raven
Circaea alpina L. var. pacifica (Aschers. & Magnus) M.E. Jones
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Circaea alpina
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Circaea alpina specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Circaea alpina specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Circaea alpina treatment.
E-Flora BC: Circaea alpina atlas page.
CalPhotos: Circaea alpina images.
USDA Plants Database: Circaea alpina.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Bud Kovalchik
Richard Old
G. D. Carr, 2006
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G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
Cindy Luksus, 2008
Cindy Luksus, 2008
Tim Hagan, 2004
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Ron Bockelman, 2010
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