Flora of North America species comparison

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Sarcodes sanguinea

snow plant
Inflorescences

1.5–5 dm, glandular-hairy;

bracts red, 1–8 × 5–15 mm.
Flowers

sepals 8–15 × 4–6 mm;

corolla 12–18 mm, base saccate, lobes reflexed, rounded to blunt;

stamens 8–12 mm;

anthers inverted at anthesis, 3–4 mm;

ovary 5–7 × 6–9 mm, glabrous;

style 5–8 × 1–2 mm;

stigma reddish, 2–3 mm diam.
Capsules

persistent to disintegrating, 10–25 mm diam., walls brittle, segments not separating.
Seeds

0.5–1 mm diam. 2n = 64.

Sarcodes sanguinea
Phenology Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat Coniferous or mixed-deciduous forests
Elevation 1100-3000 m (3600-9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 8, p. 391.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Monotropoideae > Sarcodes
Name authority Torrey: Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 4: 193. 1851 ,
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