Streptopus streptopoides (Ledeb.) Frye & Rigg
small twistedstalk
Liliaceae

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Bryan Kelly-McArthur     (Photo ID #83869)

Map

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Distribution of Streptopus streptopoides
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC

Streptopus streptopoides ssp. brevipes

Species Information

General:
Perennial herb from a very slender rhizome; stems spreading to erect, 5-15 (20) cm tall, unbranched, not conspicuously bent or zigzag, fringed with coarse hairs at the nodes.
Leaves:
Stem leaves several (3 to 8), broadly lanceolate, 2-5 cm long, 0.5-2 cm wide, unstalked, tapering to a rounded, slightly clasping base, the margins with tiny, closely crowded teeth; basal leaves lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of single, stalked flowers nodding or drooping from the axils of the upper 1-5 leaves, the stalks 0.3-1 cm long, curved but not kinked, smooth; flowers greenish-purple to rose-coloured with greenish tips, saucer-shaped, of 6 similar, distinct tepals, the tepals 2-4 mm long, narrowly egg-shaped, spreading, somewhat curved back at the tip; stamens 6; pistil 1, 3-chambered.
Fruits:
Berries, globe-shaped, red, 4-6 mm wide; seeds few.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Streptopus streptopoides

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)
 1009 0 2750
Slope Gradient (%)
 27 0 150

Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]

 340 0 360
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric] 		4 0 8
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
 C
# of field plots
 species was recorded in:
 1433
Modal BEC Zone Class
 ESSF

All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in

 BWBS(1), CWH(404), ESSF(452), ICH(394), IDF(14), MH(91), MS(21), SBS(44)

Habitat and Range

Moist forests in the montane and subalpine zones; common on coastal mainland, infrequent elsewhere in BC south of 56degreeN; amphiberingian, N to AK, E to AB and S to ID and WA; E Asia.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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