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.
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)
Wet marshes and meadows in the montane zone; infrequent in BC N of 52degreeN and E of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to FL, NE and OR.
1. Axils of leaves with bulblets; leaflets with narrowly linear segments C. bulbifera
1. Axils of leaves without bulblets; leaflets lanceolate.
2. Fruits slightly broader than long; midvein on upper leaflet surface scabrous C. virosa
2. Fruits from as broad as long to longer than broad; midvein on upper leaflet surface glabrous.
3. Leaflets 3-4 times as long as broad, lanceolate to narrowly oblong or elliptic; fruit with a narrow raised border along edge of dark interval C. douglasii
Leaflets more than 5 times as long as broad, linear to narrowly lanceolate; fruit without a raised border along edge of dark interval C. maculata