Clintonia borealis (Aiton) Raf.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Liliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Lvs 2–5, dark glossy green, oblong to elliptic or obovate, eventually to 3 dm, abruptly acuminate, ciliolate; scape 1.5–4 dm, usually hairy above at least when young; pedicels 1–3 cm, erect in fr, softly hairy; fls 3–8, nodding, the tep greenish-yellow, narrowly oblong, 15–18 mm; ovules 10 or more per locule; fr blue (white), 8 mm thick; 2n=28, 32. Rich moist woods and wooded bogs; Lab. and Nf. to Man. and Minn., s. to N.J., Pa., and n. Ind., and in the mts. to N.C. and Tenn. May, June.