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Stenanthium occidentale
Stenanthium occidentale A. Gray
Western Featherbells, Western Stenanthium
Liliaceae (Lily Family)
Synonym(s): Anticlea occidentalis, Stenanthella occidentalis
USDA Symbol: STOC
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Pale greenish-bronze or purplish-green flowers resembling dainty bells hanging in open racemes above several narrow, grass-like, basal leaves.
Flowers tend to turn to one side of the inflorescence and resemble miniature strings of bells, reminiscent of those once decorating horse-drawn sleighs.
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 2 feet tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Green , Purple , BrownBloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug
Distribution
USA: CA , ID , MT , OR , WACanada: AB , BC
Native Distribution: British Columbia south to northern California and western Montana.
Native Habitat: Wet cliffs and banks and moist mountain meadows and forests.
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | FACW | FACW | FAC |
Web Reference
Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) CalfloraWebref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Stenanthium occidentale in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Stenanthium occidentale in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Stenanthium occidentale
Metadata
Record Modified: 2023-04-11Research By: TWC Staff