BCP/Medeola virginiana

Medeola virginiana

Medeola virginiana blossom

Wikipedia • Commons • Wikibooks (horticulture) • Wikibooks (subject) • Wikispecies • Fruit and seed clock

Profile for Medeola virginiana (Indian cucumber-root)

Identifying Characteristics
Flowers:	Yellow to yellow-green, hanging down, 6 petals
Foliage:	Whorled in either one or two tiers. The upper tier (when present) has fewer leaves.
Stem:	Erect
Growing Conditions:	Moist, semi-shaded, loamy soil
Fruit:	Dark purple or red berries appearing above the second tier of leaves.
Life Cycle:	perennial
Similar Plants:	Trientalis borealis (Starflower)

Recent Logs

Jomegat 00:27, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
(view all logs)

Global data:
Temperate zone season(s): Early Summer, Mid Summer

Regional data and additional images for Medeola virginiana

Regional data:
New Hampshire: May, June, July

Additional images:

fruit on two-tiered, second year plant

Please contribute!

This page is a profile for the plant species Medeola virginiana, used to collect records of where and when this plant was observed blooming, and for providing identification information for use in dichotomous keys. If you would like to help collect data for this or other plants, see Bloom clock project/How to Contribute for orientation.

This article is issued from Wikiversity. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.