Blooms: May - June
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: West of the Cascades, south Puget Trough, Washington, to northern California
Habitat: Moist, shady woods, low to moderate elevations
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: West of the Cascades, south Puget Trough, Washington, to northern California
Habitat: Moist, shady woods, low to moderate elevations
Species Description:
General: Scapose, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, the scape 2-4 dm. long.
Leaves: Leaves basal, 1-3 dm. long, long-petiolate, biternate or incompletely triternate, the leaflets ovate-cordate, 3-lobed, sparsely pubescent, the petioles with soft, brown hairs near the base.
Flowers: Inflorescence a 10- to 30-flowered, open, nodding panicle; pedicels recurved, slender; flowers white; perianth 5-8 mm. long, composed of 18-21 segments, the outer 6-9 (bracts) graduated in length, deciduous; the next 6 inner (sepals) longer, sharply reflexed; petals 6, shorter than the sepals, reflexed, narrow, and claw-like up to the ovate, hooded blade; stamens 6, the filaments flattened, erect, 4-7 mm. long, purplish, glandular-pubescent; pistil narrowed to a short style; stigma cup-like.
Fruits: Follicles 1 cm. long.
General: Scapose, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, the scape 2-4 dm. long.
Leaves: Leaves basal, 1-3 dm. long, long-petiolate, biternate or incompletely triternate, the leaflets ovate-cordate, 3-lobed, sparsely pubescent, the petioles with soft, brown hairs near the base.
Flowers: Inflorescence a 10- to 30-flowered, open, nodding panicle; pedicels recurved, slender; flowers white; perianth 5-8 mm. long, composed of 18-21 segments, the outer 6-9 (bracts) graduated in length, deciduous; the next 6 inner (sepals) longer, sharply reflexed; petals 6, shorter than the sepals, reflexed, narrow, and claw-like up to the ovate, hooded blade; stamens 6, the filaments flattened, erect, 4-7 mm. long, purplish, glandular-pubescent; pistil narrowed to a short style; stigma cup-like.
Fruits: Follicles 1 cm. long.
Accepted Name:
Vancouveria hexandra (Hook.) Morr. & Dcne.Synonyms:
Epimedium hexandrum Hook.
Vancouveria brevicula Greene
Vancouveria picta Greene
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Vancouveria hexandra
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Vancouveria hexandra specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Vancouveria hexandra specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Vancouveria hexandra treatment.
E-Flora BC: Vancouveria hexandra atlas page.
CalPhotos: Vancouveria hexandra images.
USDA Plants Database: Vancouveria hexandra.
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H. Tim Gladwin, 1993
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