Blooms: June-September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Watch List ()
Distribution: In the Olympic and Cascade mountains of Washington; Alaska south to Oregon, east to Montana and Alberta, and south in the Rockies to New Mexico.
Habitat: Gravelly ridges, cliffs and rock crevices at high elevations.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Watch List ()
Distribution: In the Olympic and Cascade mountains of Washington; Alaska south to Oregon, east to Montana and Alberta, and south in the Rockies to New Mexico.
Habitat: Gravelly ridges, cliffs and rock crevices at high elevations.
Species Description:
General: Herbaceous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the erect flowering stems 5-15 cm. tall; several brownish, withered bracts persist over-winter at the base of the stem.
Leaves: Basal leaves 4-10 cm. long and about 1 mm. broad; cauline leaves 2-4, much shorter and 1-2 mm. broad.
Flowers: Flowers usually solitary, occasionally 2; tepals 6, all alike, white with purplish veins, oblong to broadly oblanceolate, 6-12 mm. long; stamens 6, inserted at the base of the tepals, about half as long as the tepals, equaling the single style; ovary 3-celled.
Fruits: Capsule obovoid, 6-8 mm. long.
General: Herbaceous perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the erect flowering stems 5-15 cm. tall; several brownish, withered bracts persist over-winter at the base of the stem.
Leaves: Basal leaves 4-10 cm. long and about 1 mm. broad; cauline leaves 2-4, much shorter and 1-2 mm. broad.
Flowers: Flowers usually solitary, occasionally 2; tepals 6, all alike, white with purplish veins, oblong to broadly oblanceolate, 6-12 mm. long; stamens 6, inserted at the base of the tepals, about half as long as the tepals, equaling the single style; ovary 3-celled.
Fruits: Capsule obovoid, 6-8 mm. long.
Subspecies & Varieties:
Ours is var. serotina
Accepted Name:
Lloydia serotina (L.) SweetSynonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Lloydia serotina
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Lloydia serotina specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Lloydia serotina specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Lloydia serotina treatment.
E-Flora BC: Lloydia serotina atlas page.
CalPhotos: Lloydia serotina images.
USDA Plants Database: Lloydia serotina.
Jim Riley
H. Tim Gladwin, 2000
H. Tim Gladwin, 2000
Richard Ramsden, 2009
Richard Ramsden, 2009
Richard Ramsden, 2009
Richard Ramsden, 2009
Rod Gilbert, 2008
Rod Gilbert, 2008
Rod Gilbert, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
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