Clintonia uniflora
Queen's Cup

Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)

Photo taken at Lake Wenatchee, shaded moist woods

Flowers:

flowers solitary, white tepals; anthers 4 to 5 mm; stigma shortly 5 lobed; perianth and peduncle hairy

Fruit:

a blue berry, 6 to 10 mm

Leaves:

2 to 3 broad leaves per plant, 7 to 15 cm long

Plant:

rhizomatous

Habitat:

shaded conifer forest, often where moist, foothills to middle elevations

Distribution of species:

Alaska to California, from the coast to Montana, Idaho, and Oregon

Distribution of genus:

6 species: North America and Asia