Vancouveria planipetala
Vancouveria planipetala | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Berberidaceae |
Genus: | Vancouveria |
Species: | V. planipetala
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Binomial name | |
Vancouveria planipetala |
Vancouveria planipetala is a species of flowering plant in the barberry family known by the common names redwood inside-out flower and redwood ivy.[1]
Distribution[]
The plant is native to northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, where it occurs in Klamath Mountains and northern California Coast Ranges.
It grows in forests, especially Coast redwood forests.
Description[]
Vancouveria planipetala is a rhizomatous perennial herb with a short, mostly underground stem. It produces a patch of basal leaves which are each made up of round or heart-shaped leaflets borne on long, reddish petioles.
The inflorescence appears in May and June. It is a panicle of flowers on a long, erect peduncle. Each small, drooping flower has six inner sepals which look like petals. They are a few millimeters in length, white, and reflexed back, or upwards, away from the flower center. Lying against the sepals are the smaller true petals, which are white or purple-tinged and flat-tipped or notched. There are six stamens and a large glandular ovary.
The species is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for planting in native plant and wildlife gardens.
References[]
External links[]
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Vancouveria planipetala
- U.C. CalPhotos gallery of Vancouveria planipetala
- Berberidaceae
- Flora of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Garden plants of North America
- Ranunculales stubs