Enemion savilei (Calder & Roy L. Taylor) Keener
Queen Charlotte false rue-anemone (Queen Charlotte isopyrum)
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Queen Charlotte false rue-anemone (Queen Charlotte isopyrum)
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from rhizomes and fibrous roots; stems erect, 10-35 cm tall, smooth.
Leaves:
Long-stalked, ascending, usually twice 3-parted, the leaflets irregularly deeply to shallowly lobed, short-stalked, tips rounded and commonly minutely-notched with tiny gland at end of vein, smooth above, with a bloom beneath.
Flowers:
Inflorescence generally a solitary, terminal flower, occasionally a loose, 2-flowered, leafy cyme; petals absent; sepals 5 (-9), white, sometimes pink-tinged at tips, egg-shaped, 10-17 mm long, 7-11 mm wide; stamens 40-60; pistils 2-10.
Fruits:
Follicles, oblong, 11-15 mm long, 3- to 3.5-times longer than wide, upright to diverging; beaks 0.8-1.7 mm long; seeds reddish-brown, egg-shaped, 2-2.5 mm long, smooth.
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 Enemion savilei
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 |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
443 | 70 | 790 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
41 | 3 | 100 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
279 | 120 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 1 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
10 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
MH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CMA(1), CWH(4), MH(5) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Moist shady cliffs, rocky gullies and talus slopes from the lowland to alpine zones; locally frequent on N Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlotte Islands and adjacent coast (Porcher Island); endemic.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Isopyrum savilei Calder & Roy L. Taylor