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Nephrophyllidium crista-galli (Menzies ex Hook.) Gilg subsp. crista-galli
deer-cabbage
Menyanthaceae (Buckbean family)

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Distribution of Nephrophyllidium crista-galli subsp. crista-galli
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General:
Perennial herb from a thick rhizome, this covered with old leaf bases; stems erect, glabrous, 10-50 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves alternate, broadly heart- to kidney-shaped, 3-12 cm wide, blunt-toothed, stalked, the stalks 10-30 cm long; stem leaves lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 5-30 flowers in an open, terminal cluster on naked stalks 10-50 cm long; corollas white, the petals joined at the base to form short tubes spreading into 5 lobes, these 5-6 mm long with wavy flanges on the midnerves and margins; calyces conic, 5-lobed.
Fruits:
Capsules, conic to egg-shaped, 10-18 mm long, 1-chambered; seeds glabrous, shiny.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Bogs, marshes, wet forests, and wet meadows in the lowland to subalpine zones; common in coastal BC; amphiberingian, N to AK and S to N WA; Japan.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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