View source for Achlys triphylla

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|accepted_name=Achlys triphylla
|accepted_authority=(Smith) de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat.
|place=2: 35. 1821
|year=1821
}}
|common_names=Deer-foot;vanilla-leaf
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leontice triphylla
|authority=Smith
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Berberidaceae;Achlys;Achlys triphylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Berberidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Achlys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Achlys triphylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="plant some measurement"><b>Plants,</b> 2-4 dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="petiole some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 1-3 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaflet blade length;leaflet blade width;proximal margin architecture or shape;distal margin shape"><b>Central </b>leaflet blade 4-11 × 4-8 cm, proximal margins entire, distal margins (1-) 3-4 (-8) -lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence some measurement"><b>Inflorescences </b>2.5-5 cm excluding peduncle.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stamen some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> stamens 3-4 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="ovary some measurement">ovaries 1-1.5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="follicle coloration or density;follicle some measurement;2n chromosome quantity"><b>Follicles </b>red-purple, 3-4.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Jul).
|habitat=Mountain regions in Cascade Range and Coast Range of California in coniferous forests
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Medicinally, Native Americans used preparations of the leaves of Achlys triphylla to treat tuberculosis, for a hair wash, and as an emetic (D. E. Moermann 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Achlys triphylla
|author=
|authority=(Smith) de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Leontice triphylla
|family=Berberidaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (Apr–Jul).
|habitat=Mountain regions in Cascade Range and Coast Range of California in coniferous forests
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat.
|publication year=1821
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_501.xml
|genus=Achlys
|species=Achlys triphylla
|2n chromosome quantity=12
|distal margin shape=(1-)3-4(-8)-lobed
|follicle coloration or density=red-purple
|follicle some measurement=3mm;4.5mm
|inflorescence some measurement=2.5cm;5cm
|leaflet blade length=4cm;11cm
|leaflet blade width=4cm;8cm
|ovary some measurement=1mm;1.5mm
|petiole some measurement=1cm;3cm
|plant some measurement=2dm;4dm
|proximal margin architecture or shape=entire
|stamen some measurement=3mm;4mm
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