General:
Perennial herb from a slender rhizome; stems erect, 10-45 cm tall, usually unbranched, not conspicuously bent or zigzag, sparsely fringed with hairs at the nodes.
Leaves:
Stem leaves several, narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic or lanceolate, 3-10 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, unstalked, tapering to a rounded, non-clasping base, shiny beneath, the margins fringed with short, tooth-like, irregularly spaced hairs; basal leaves lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of usually single, stalked flowers nodding from leaf axils, the stalks 0.5-2 cm long, curved but not kinked, sparsely coarse-hairy; flowers usually rose-coloured with whitish tips, sometimes greenish-yellow tinged with purple, bell-shaped, of 6 similar, distinct tepals, the tepals 5-10 mm long, oblong-lanceolate, spreading slightly but not bent back at the tips; stamens 6; pistil 1, 3-chambered.
Fruits:
Berries, mostly globe-shaped, red, 5-9 mm wide; seeds several.
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
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
623 | 45 | 1921 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
14 | 0 | 230 |
Aspect (degrees) |
313 | 0 | 359 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 1 | 7 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
310 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(90), ESSF(22), ICH(96), SBS(102) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Streptopus curvipes Vail
Streptopus roseus subsp. curvipes (Vail) HultTn
Streptopus roseus var. curvipes (Vail) Fassett