General:
Perennial herb from a fleshy-scaled rhizome; stems erect, 5-20 cm tall; plant gives off a musky odor.
Leaves:
Basal leaves long-stalked, divided into 3 long-stalked, 3-cleft leaflets, 4-16 cm long, glabrous; stems leaves opposite, 0.8-4 cm long, palmately lobed, usually borne a little above the middle of the flowering shoot.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of inconspicuous flowers, sessile in the heads; petals yellowish-green, 4- to 6-lobed, 5-8 mm wide.
Fruits:
Dry, green drupes, 2-3 mm long, with 4-5 nutlets.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
675 | 250 | 1490 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
8 | 0 | 43 |
Aspect (degrees) |
2 | 5 | 352 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 3 | 7 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
21 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(3), ESSF(1), ICH(7), SBS(9) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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