Clintonia

For the Stag Line ship, see SS Clintonia.

Bead Lilies: Clintonia
Clintonia borealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Medeoloideae
Genus:	Clintonia Raf.
Species
5 or 6, see text

The genus Clintonia contains the bead lilies, which flower and then fruit into berries. Plants of this genus are distributed across North America and eastern Asia. This genus was named after De Witt Clinton, an 18th-century botanist and U.S. politician.

The genus include plants without stems, growing from underground rhizomes. They have elliptic, clasping leaves with parallel venation and flowers arranged in small umbels. The flowers parts are by 6: tepals, etamins, ovules. Their fruit is an ovoid berry.

There are five or six^[1] species of Clintonia:

• C. andrewsiana
• C. borealis
• C. udensis
• C. umbellulata
• C. uniflora

References

1. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment

External links

• USDA Plants Profile

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