Anticlea occidentalis A. Gray
western mountainbells
Liliaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
western mountainbells
Liliaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a scaly, narrowly egg-shaped bulb 1-4 cm long; flowering stems erect, 20-50 cm tall, smooth.
Leaves:
Basal leaves 2 or 3, narrowly lanceolate and grass-like, 10-30 cm long, 3-20 mm wide, smooth, sheathing at the base, the margins entire; stem leaves 2 or 3 much-reduced bracts.
Flowers:
Inflorescence an elongate, narrow, terminal cluster of 5 to 25, stalked flowers, the stalks 1-3 cm long, ascending to erect; flowers greenish-yellow to brownish-purple, narrowly bell-shaped, usually nodding, of 6 similar tepals fused at the base, the tepals narrowly lanceolate, 8-15 mm long, the gradually tapering tips curved back; stamens 6; pistil 1, 3-chambered.
Fruits:
Capsules, oblong-lanceolate, slenderly 3-beaked, erect, 1-2 cm long; seeds several, oblong, flat, winged at both ends, 2-4 mm long.
Illustration
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
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Anticlea occidentalis
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1584 | 0 | 2635 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
34 | 0 | 140 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
335 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
440 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(12), CWH(32), ESSF(174), ICH(43), IDF(24), IMA(3), MH(10), MS(84), SBS(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Moist to wet open forests, thickets, boggy meadows, streambanks and rocky slopes in the montane to alpine zones; frequent in SW and SE BC north to 52degreeN, rare in extreme SC BC; E to AB and S to MT, ID and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Stenanthium occidentale A. Gray