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Clintonia andrewsiana
Clintonia andrewsiana

Andrew's clintonia, blue-bead lily, red clintonia, redwood clintonia
Habit Plants 3–8 dm; rhizomes short, thick.
Cauline leaves

4–6;

blade dark green, oblanceolate to broadly elliptic, 20–35 × 5–15 cm.
Inflorescences

in terminal, umbel-like clusters, 1–3(–5) lateral clusters usually present, 20–45-flowered;

bracts 1–3(–5), foliaceous.
Flowers

tepals deep claret red, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 10–18 × 3–3.7 mm;

filaments 7–10 mm;

anthers oblong, 1.8–2.8 mm.
Berries

blue to bluish black, ovoid, 10–30-seeded, 8–12 mm.
Seeds

3–4 mm.
2n

= 28.

Clintonia andrewsiana
Phenology Flowering late Apr–late Jun.
Habitat Moist, coastal redwood forests
Elevation 0–400 m (0–1300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 152.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Clintonia
Sibling taxa
C. borealis, C. umbellulata, C. uniflora
Name authority Torrey: Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 150. (1857)
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