Blooms: June-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Widely distributed throughout Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to South Dakota and Texas.
Habitat: Common in humas in coniferous forests, especially ponderosa pine forests.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Widely distributed throughout Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to South Dakota and Texas.
Habitat: Common in humas in coniferous forests, especially ponderosa pine forests.
Species Description:
General: Myco-heterotrophic herbs with simple stems 3-10 dm. tall, the stems reddish-brown, glandular-hairy and fleshy when in bloom, but over-wintering as dry, fibrous stalks.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, small and scale-like, few on the upper stem.
Flowers: Flowers many in an elongated raceme, often equal to the rest of the stem; pedicels recurved, 5-15 mm. long, from the axils of linear bracts; calyx deeply 5-parted, glandular-hairy, about half the length of the corolla; corolla entire, pale yellow, glabrous, broadly urn-shaped, 5-8 mm. long, the 5 short lobes spreading; stamens 10, the anthers ovoid with 2 dorsal, recurved awns; ovary superior.
Fruits: Capsule 5-celled, depressed-globose, 8-12 mm. broad.
General: Myco-heterotrophic herbs with simple stems 3-10 dm. tall, the stems reddish-brown, glandular-hairy and fleshy when in bloom, but over-wintering as dry, fibrous stalks.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, small and scale-like, few on the upper stem.
Flowers: Flowers many in an elongated raceme, often equal to the rest of the stem; pedicels recurved, 5-15 mm. long, from the axils of linear bracts; calyx deeply 5-parted, glandular-hairy, about half the length of the corolla; corolla entire, pale yellow, glabrous, broadly urn-shaped, 5-8 mm. long, the 5 short lobes spreading; stamens 10, the anthers ovoid with 2 dorsal, recurved awns; ovary superior.
Fruits: Capsule 5-celled, depressed-globose, 8-12 mm. broad.
Accepted Name:
Pterospora andromedea Nutt.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Pterospora andromedea
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Pterospora andromedea specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Pterospora andromedea specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Pterospora andromedea treatment.
E-Flora BC: Pterospora andromedea atlas page.
CalPhotos: Pterospora andromedea images.
USDA Plants Database: Pterospora andromedea.
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