Hemitomes congestum

A. Gray

in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. 6(3): 80, plate 12. 1858 ,.

Common names: Gnome plant
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 396.

Inflorescences 2–10 cm; bracts cream to pink, 10–20 × 5–10 mm. Flowers: lateral sepals 10–15 × 3–6 mm, others absent or 8–12 × 2–4 mm; corolla 12–18 mm, lobes lanceolate-ovate, base not saccate, apex acute to rounded; stamens 8–12 mm; anthers erect at anthesis, 1–2 mm; ovary 3–5 × 2–4 mm, glabrous; style 3–5 × 1–1.5; stigma yellow, 1.5–2.5 mm diam. Berries 1 cm diam. Seeds 0.2–0.4+ mm diam. 2n = 104.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer(-early fall).
Habitat: Mixed- deciduous or coniferous forests
Elevation: 0-2700 m

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Hemitomes congestum"
Gary D. Wallace +
A. Gray +
Gnome plant +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0-2700 m +
Mixed- deciduous or coniferous forests +
Flowering late spring–summer(-early fall). +
in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Undefined subfam. Pyroloideae +, Undefined tribe Monotropaceae +  and Undefined tribe Pyrolaceae +
Hemitomes congestum +
Hemitomes +
species +