zigadenus elegans

Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net
Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:07:01 PST
In writing about far northern bulbous plants I was thinking about 
monocots alone, but Dennis is correct that some Alaskan Claytonia 
species have underground storage structures. There is also a 
Hedysarum (Fabaceae, pea family) that produces tubers collected for 
food by Native people. Veratrum has structures that one could call 
bulbs, in the broad sense, and there are some aquatic plants in 
Alaska with storage structures too. Lloydia, which I mentioned, is 
the one I've seen growing farthest north, near Nome, but two 
Claytonia species extend north of the Brooks Range onto the Arctic 
SLope; one of them is C. tuberosa, whose root is also used as food.

ex-Alaskan
Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA


At 07:47 AM 2/3/2015, you wrote:
>There are about 7 species of Claytonia that occur in the northern parts of
>Alaska, Yukon & Northwest Territories.  At least a few of them are
>geophytic, maybe all of them.  Check out this page:
>http://claytonia.org/2014/08/…
>
>Dennis in Cincinnati




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