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Dracaena borealis
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Filed as Dracaena indet. [family ASPARAGACEAE]
Filed as Smilacina borealis Ker Gawl. [family CONVALLARIACEAE]
Filed as Dracaena borealis [family AGAVACEAE]
Filed as Dracaena indet. [family ASPARAGACEAE]
Filed as Dracaena borealis Aiton [family ASPARAGACEAE]
Clintonia borealis (Aiton) Raf. [family CONVALLARIACEAE]
Filed as Dracaena borealis [family AGAVACEAE]
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Identification
Dracaena borealis
Aiton
[family
ASPARAGACEAE
] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Dracaena borealis
Common name
corn- lily, Flora of North America Vol. 26
Blue bead-lily, Flora of North America Vol. 26
yellow clintonia, Flora of North America Vol. 26
Flora
Entry for Clintonia borealis (Aiton) Rafinesque [family ]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Clintonia borealis
(Aiton) Rafinesque
[family
], Atlantic J., 1: 120. 1832
Dracaena borealis
Aiton
[family
DRACAENACEAE
], Hort. Kew., 1: 454. 1789
Treatment Author(s)
Frederick H. Utech
Information
Plants 2–5 dm; rhizomes thin, spreading. Cauline leaves 2–4; blade dark glossy green adaxially, oblong to elliptic obovate, 15–30 × 5–10 cm. Inflorescences in short, terminal racemes, 3–8(–10)-flowered; bracts 1(–3), narrowly foliaceous. Flowers nodding; tepals yellow to yellowish green, narrowly oblong, 12–16 × 3.5–4.5 mm; filaments 12–17.5 mm; anthers oblong, 2–3.5 mm. Berries ultramarine blue, ovoid, 8–16-seeded, 8–12 mm. Seeds 3–5 mm. 2n = 28, 32.
Phenology
may (spring), jun-jul (summer)
Altitude range
0–1600 m;
Distribution
St. Pierre and MiquélonUSA Conn.USA Ga.USA Ill.USA Ind.USA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA OhioUSA Pa.USA R.I.USA Tenn.USA Vt.USA Va.USA W.Va.USA Wis.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada P.E.I.Canada Que.
Discussion
Throughout the range of Clintonia borealis a stabilized, 2n = 32 cytotype has been reported (F. H. Utech and L. B. Thien 1973; B. M. Kapoor 1973).
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