Synonym(s): Clintonia alleghaniensis
Image ID: 19327
Image by: Stuart, Will
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: CLUM2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Clintonia umbellulata
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-01-22
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: CLINT GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Clintonia GENUS AUTHORITY: Raf. GENUS COMMON: Bluebead GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 5 species, of temperate to subarctic e. Asia and North America. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Utech in FNA (2002a); Tamura in Kubitzki (1998a).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: LILIAC FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Liliaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Lily Family FAMILY SUMMARY: As here interpreted narrowly, the Liliaceae constitutes about 11 genera and 550 species, of the Northern Hemisphere. There has been much investigation and re-interpretation of evidence regarding the upper-level taxonomy of the Liliales, with strong suggestions that the broad Liliaceae recognized by Cronquist (1981) is artificial and polyphyletic. Cronquist (1981) himself concurs, at least to a degree: we still await a comprehensive reorganization of the lilies into several families more comparable to other recognized families of angiosperms. Dahlgren & Clifford (1982) and Dahlgren, Clifford, & Yeo (1985) synthesized an early phase in the modern revolution of monocot taxonomy. Since then, additional research, especially molecular (Duvall et al. 1993, Chase et al. 1993, Bogler & Simpson 1995, and many others more recently), has strongly validated the general lines (and many details) of Dahlgrens arrangement. FAMILY REFERENCE: Chen et al. (2013); Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (1998, 2003, 2009); Tamura in Kubitzki (1998a). [also see AGAVACEAE, ALLIACEAE, ALSTROEMERIACEAE, AMARYLLIDACEAE, ASPARAGACEAE, COLCHICACEAE, HELONIADACEAE, HEMEROCALLIDACEAE, HOSTACEAE, HYACINTHACEAE, HYPOXIDACEAE, MELANTHIACEAE, NARTHECIACEAE, RUSCACEAE, SMILACACEAE, THEMIDACEAE, TOFIELDIACEAE, TRILLIACEAE, XEROPHYLLACEAE]
NCBG DESCRIPTIVES
INTRO:Erectperennial from a basal rosette, found in red oak and other oak forests on mesic to dry ridges and slopes. STEMS:Stem a slender, leafless flowering scape. LEAVES: Leaves in a basal rosette, oblong to elliptic, 6–12 in. long, with strongly inset and hairy midvein, shiny-green, with long hairs on margins. INFLORESCENCE: FLOWERS: Flowers 5–25 in a compact roundedumbel terminating the scape, white to greenish-white, consisting of 6 spreading tepals with purple or green speckles. FRUITS:Fruit a dark blue to black berry. COMMENTS: Less commonly seen in northern hardwood forests and generally occurs at lower elevations than C. borealis (see p. xx), though the two species can co-occur. HEIGHT: 8-16 in. DURATION:
Perennial
HABIT:
Herb
LEAF ARRANGEMENT:
Basal LEAF COMPLEXITY:
Simple LEAF RETENTION: FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
Radial (Actinomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Mid May-Jun
Jan
Feb
Mar
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Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
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Dec
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BLOOM COLOR: White to greenish-white
White
Red
Pink
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Lavender
Purple
Violet
Brown
Not Applicable
x
FRUITING PERIOD: Aug-Oct. DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Dry forests, Moist forests
NATIVE RANGE: HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text:
USDA Symbol: CLUM2
USDA Common Name: White Clintonia
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (GA, KY, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Clintonia umbellulata
COMMON NAME: Speckled Wood-lily, White Clintonia
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, K, Pa, RAB, Tn, Va, W; = Xeniatrum umbellulatum (Michaux) Small - S; > C. alleghaniensis Harned]
PHENOLOGY: Mid May-Jun; Aug-Oct.
HABITAT: Red oak and other oak forests, mesic to dry ridges and slopes, less commonly in northern hardwood forests, generally at lower elevations than C. borealis, though the two species can co-occur.
COMMENTS: An Appalachian endemic: c. NY west to s. OH, south to n. GA (Jones & Coile 1988). Clintonia alleghaniensis Harned, differing from C. umbellulata in its ultramarine blue berry (vs. black) is known from a number of sites in VA, MD, and WV. It has been variously interpreted as a species, a hybrid of C. borealis and C. umbellulata, or merely an odd form of C. umbellulata; it needs further study.
RANGE MAP: Clintonia umbellulata.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Liliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Lily Family) SUMMARY: As here interpreted narrowly, the Liliaceae constitutes about 11 genera and 550 species, of the Northern Hemisphere. There has been much investigation and re-interpretation of evidence regarding the upper-level taxonomy of the Liliales, with strong suggestions that the broad Liliaceae recognized by Cronquist (1981) is artificial and polyphyletic. Cronquist (1981) himself concurs, at least to a degree: we still await a comprehensive reorganization of the lilies into several families more comparable to other recognized families of angiosperms. Dahlgren & Clifford (1982) and Dahlgren, Clifford, & Yeo (1985) synthesized an early phase in the modern revolution of monocot taxonomy. Since then, additional research, especially molecular (Duvall et al. 1993, Chase et al. 1993, Bogler & Simpson 1995, and many others more recently), has strongly validated the general lines (and many details) of Dahlgrens arrangement. REFERENCE: Chen et al. (2013); Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (1998, 2003, 2009); Tamura in Kubitzki (1998a). [also see AGAVACEAE, ALLIACEAE, ALSTROEMERIACEAE, AMARYLLIDACEAE, ASPARAGACEAE, COLCHICACEAE, HELONIADACEAE, HEMEROCALLIDACEAE, HOSTACEAE, HYACINTHACEAE, HYPOXIDACEAE, MELANTHIACEAE, NARTHECIACEAE, RUSCACEAE, SMILACACEAE, THEMIDACEAE, TOFIELDIACEAE, TRILLIACEAE, XEROPHYLLACEAE]ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Clintonia Raf. (Bluebead) SUMMARY: A genus of 5 species, of temperate to subarctic e. Asia and North America. REFERENCE: Utech in FNA (2002a); Tamura in Kubitzki (1998a).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Clintonia umbellulata in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Clintonia umbellulata in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)