Flora of North America species comparison

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Hemitomes congestum

cone-plant, gnome-plant
Inflorescences

2–10 cm;

bracts cream to pink, 10–20 × 5–10 mm.
Flowers

lateral sepals 10–15 × 3–6 mm, others absent or 8–12 × 2–4 mm;

corolla 12–18 mm, lobes lanceolate-ovate, base not saccate, apex acute to rounded;

stamens 8–12 mm;

anthers erect at anthesis, 1–2 mm;

ovary 3–5 × 2–4 mm, glabrous;

style 3–5 × 1–1.5;

stigma yellow, 1.5–2.5 mm diam.
Berries

1 cm diam.
Seeds

0.2–0.4+ mm diam. 2n = 104.

Hemitomes congestum
Phenology Flowering late spring–summer(-early fall).
Habitat Mixed- deciduous or coniferous forests
Elevation 0-2700 m (0-8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC
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Source FNA vol. 8, p. 396.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Monotropoideae > Hemitomes
Name authority A. Gray: in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. 6(3): 80, plate 12. 1858 ,
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