© Alfred Cook (Photo ID #8262)
General:
Perennial herb from a woody root and a branched stem-base; densely tufted, forming thick cushions to 40 cm wide; stems erect, solitary, simple, glabrous, 3-6 (rarely 15) cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal and stem leaves opposite, linear to lance-linear, unstalked, 5-15 mm long, to 1.5 mm wide, glabrous to fringed at the base or stiffly short-hairy, channelled above, so dense as to obscure the stem; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary flowers, usually unisexual (the plants either male or female); petals 5, pink to lavender (occasionally white), egg-shaped, 2-cleft, 8-12 mm long, with narrow stalklike bases about twice as long as the blades; sepals 5, green or frequently pinkish to purplish-tinged, united, forming a tube 4-9 mm long, 10-nerved, glabrous.
Fruits:
Capsules subcylindric, 4-10 mm long, 6-valved; seeds light brown to yellowish, kidney-shaped, 0.8-1.2 mm long, weakly pimply.
Notes:
Two varieties occur in BC:
1. Calyces 4-7 mm tall.................... var. acaulis
1. Calyces 6-11 mm tall..................... var. subacaulescens (F.N. Williams) Fern. & St. John
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1740 | 1740 | 1740 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
42 | 35 | 50 |
Aspect (degrees) |
242 | 225 | 260 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 1 | 3 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SWB | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BAFA(1), SWB(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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