Burke: Vancouveria chrysantha vs. Vancouveria hexandra

	Vancouveria chrysantha	Vancouveria hexandra
		white inside-out-flower
Habit		Scapose, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, the scape 2-4 dm. long.
Leaves		Leaves basal, 1-3 dm. long, long-petiolate, biternate or incompletely triternate, the leaflets ovate-cordate, 3-lobed, sparsely pubescent, the petioles with soft, brown hairs near the base.
Flowers		Inflorescence a 10- to 30-flowered, open, nodding panicle; pedicels recurved, slender; flowers white; perianth 5-8 mm. long, composed of 18-21 segments, the outer 6-9 (bracts) graduated in length, deciduous; the next 6 inner (sepals) longer, sharply reflexed; petals 6, shorter than the sepals, reflexed, narrow, and claw-like up to the ovate, hooded blade; stamens 6, the filaments flattened, erect, 4-7 mm. long, purplish, glandular-pubescent; pistil narrowed to a short style; stigma cup-like.
Fruits		Follicles 1 cm. long.

	Vancouveria chrysantha	Vancouveria hexandra
Flowering time		May-June
Habitat		Moist, shady forest understory to relatively dry forest edge from low to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Olympic Peninsula in Washington to northern California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Not of concern
Sibling taxa	V. hexandra
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, 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

Vancouveria chrysantha

Vancouveria hexandra

white inside-out-flower

Habit

Scapose, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, the scape 2-4 dm. long.

Leaves

Leaves basal, 1-3 dm. long, long-petiolate, biternate or incompletely triternate, the leaflets ovate-cordate, 3-lobed, sparsely pubescent, the petioles with soft, brown hairs near the base.

Flowers

Inflorescence a 10- to 30-flowered, open, nodding panicle;

pedicels recurved, slender;

flowers white;

perianth 5-8 mm. long, composed of 18-21 segments, the outer 6-9 (bracts) graduated in length, deciduous; the next 6 inner (sepals) longer, sharply reflexed;

petals 6, shorter than the sepals, reflexed, narrow, and claw-like up to the ovate, hooded blade;

stamens 6, the filaments flattened, erect, 4-7 mm. long, purplish, glandular-pubescent;

pistil narrowed to a short style;

stigma cup-like.

Fruits

Follicles 1 cm. long.