© Dane Springmeyer (Photo ID #4725)
General:
Perennial, saprophytic herb from branched, creeping rhizomes; stems 20-55 cm tall; plant white, turning yellowish or brownish, smooth.
Leaves:
Bractlike, 2 to 5, mostly sheathing stem, 3-6 cm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a terminal raceme of 5 to 20 white flowers; sepals and lateral petals alike, elliptical to oblanceolate, 12-20 mm long, tips pointed; lateral petals usually longer than lip; lip saclike, with a yellow, pimpled gland within at the base, folded lengthwise, constricted at midlength, with a terminal lobelike portion above, the lobe bent back above middle; column 6-9 mm long.
Fruits:
Capsules, erect.
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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Origin Status | Provincial Status | BC List (Red Blue List) | COSEWIC |
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Native | S2 | Red | E (Nov 2014) |
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Eburophyton austiniae (A. Gray) A. Heller