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Bead Lilies
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Bead Lilies

Clintonia

Clintonia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1818. It is distributed across North America and eastern Asia where it is found as an understory plant in woodlands. It was named after De Witt Clinton, an 18th-century botanist and U.S. politician.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

bluebead lily

speciesClintonia borealis

Bride's Bonnet

speciesClintonia uniflora

Andrews' Clintonia

speciesClintonia andrewsiana

white clintonia

speciesClintonia umbellulata

Bead Lily

speciesClintonia udensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51648.