Clintonia uniflora

Bride's bonnet

Family: Liliaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Bride's bonnet is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, and Sierra Nevada in shaded conifer forests at elevations of 1,000 to 1,900 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white flowers approximately 18 to 22 millimeters long with delicate, slightly hairy petals. Growing with a slender rhizome and reaching 15 centimeters tall, it develops two to three large oblanceolate leaves that are 7 to 15 centimeters long and 2 to 6 centimeters wide. Its leaves are somewhat hairy and range from oblanceolate to oblong or elliptic in shape, with a soft, elegant appearance. The fruit develops to 6 to 10 millimeters in length, adding subtle interest to this woodland species.

Habitat: Shaded conifer forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1000-1900 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRO, CaR, SN

California counties: Siskiyou, Mariposa, Tulare, Humboldt, Trinity, Tuolumne, El Dorado, Del Norte, Calaveras, Butte, Shasta, Plumas, Glenn, Fresno

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.