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Northern false coolwort

Bolandra oregana

Also called Oregon bolandra

Northern false coolwort
Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
NW. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Bolandra oregana is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family. It is commonly known as Oregon bolandra or northern false coolwort and is endemic to Idaho, Washington and Oregon. It is a perennial herb which grows up to 2 ft (0.61 m) tall. It is distributed along the Columbia River Gorge as well as the Snake River and its tributaries. It grows around moist, mossy rocks and riparian habitats.

Other Bolandra plants

Sierra false coolwort · False coolwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bolandra oregana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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