Burke: Tolmiea menziesii

	Tolmiea menziesii
	piggyback-plant
Habit	Herbaceous perennial from well-developed rhizomes, the flowering stems up to 8 dm. tall, covered with short, stiff hairs.
Leaves	Leaves long-petiolate, palmately veined, the blades up to 10 cm. broad and nearly as long, 5- to 7-lobed, the lobes with irregular, rounded teeth, reduced upwards; stipules well-developed, membranous.
Flowers	Inflorescence a loose, many-flowered raceme, 1-3 dm. long; calyx tubular, greenish-purple to dark brown, irregular, with 3 long and 2 short lobes, and cleft nearly to the base between the short lobes; petals 4, linear, chocolate brown, 6-10 mm. long; stamens 3, unequal.
Fruits	Ovary superior; capsule slender, 9-14 mm. long; carpels 2, equal.

	Tolmiea menziesii
Flowering time	May-August
Habitat	Moist woods and stream banks, from low to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Web links	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Tolmiea menziesii

piggyback-plant

Habit

Herbaceous perennial from well-developed rhizomes, the flowering stems up to 8 dm. tall, covered with short, stiff hairs.

Leaves

Leaves long-petiolate, palmately veined, the blades up to 10 cm. broad and nearly as long, 5- to 7-lobed, the lobes with irregular, rounded teeth, reduced upwards;

stipules well-developed, membranous.

Flowers

Inflorescence a loose, many-flowered raceme, 1-3 dm. long;

calyx tubular, greenish-purple to dark brown, irregular, with 3 long and 2 short lobes, and cleft nearly to the base between the short lobes;

petals 4, linear, chocolate brown, 6-10 mm. long;

stamens 3, unequal.

Fruits

Ovary superior; capsule slender, 9-14 mm. long;

carpels 2, equal.