Flora of North America species comparison

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Scoliopus hallii
Scoliopus hallii

Oregon fetid Adder's-tongue, slink-pod
Stems

very short, 2.5–10 mm.
Leaves

2(–3), subsessile;

blade rarely mottled with purple, oblong-elliptic, 8–14 × 2.5–5 cm.
Flowers

1–5;

outer tepals yellowish green with purple lines, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 6.5–10 mm;

inner tepals linear-spatulate, 6–9 × 0.3 mm;

filaments 2–4 mm;

anthers 1.9–2.3 mm;

style 2–2.5 mm;

stigmas spreading to recurved;

pedicel very slender, elongating to 6–10 cm.
Capsules

16–18.5 × 5.5–7.5 mm, including beak.
2n

= 14.

Scoliopus hallii
Phenology Flowering late winter–early spring.
Habitat Coniferous woods, mossy mountain stream banks
Elevation 0–800 m (0–2600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
OR
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 118.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Scoliopus
Sibling taxa
S. bigelovii
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 272. (1879)
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