{"id":963,"date":"2014-09-16T17:28:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T17:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/?page_id=963"},"modified":"2014-11-14T18:52:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T18:52:30","slug":"queens-cup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/queens-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Queen&#8217;s Cup <em>(Clintonia uniflora)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/clintonia_uniflora.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239\" style=\"display:block; float:left; padding-right:2%; overflow:hidden; min-width:40%; max-width:100%; vertical-align: text-top;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/clintonia_uniflora.jpg\" alt=\"Queen's Cup (Clintonia uniflora)\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong>Also known as:<\/strong> bride&#8217;s bonnet<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/flower.gif\" alt=\"flower\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/forest.gif\" alt=\"forest\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bloom time: <\/strong>April &#8211; May<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional photos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:5%; overflow:hidden;\">\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/clintonia_uniflora_1238615101.jpg\">Clintonia uniflora <\/a><br \/>credit: Ian Cumming<\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/clintonia_uniflora_1238615204.jpg\">Clintonia uniflora <\/a><br \/>credit: Michael Wigle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General: <\/strong>Part of the lily family, Queen&#8217;s cup is a low plant which grows in clusters formed by a large system of underground stems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaves &#038; Twigs: <\/strong>Shiny green leaves are paired (sometimes as a threesome) when they emerge in early spring. The leaves have long soft hairs on the underside and grow to 25 cm in length.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flowers &#038; Fruits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"overflow:hidden;\">\n<li>This plant produces a single pure-white, star-like flower with six   sepals. It sits on a 10-20 cm hairy stalk, and appears after the leaves   of the plant.<\/li>\n<li>The egg-shaped berry (6-12 mm round) is metallic blue in colour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>Prefers moist woods, from the lowlands to sub-alpine. At mid-elevations, may join with mosses to form a dense carpet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PlantWatch Pointers: <\/strong>Select a typical patch of plants, if the plants are very abundant, mark off a l-metre-square section to observe.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>To Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First bloom: when the first flowers are open in the observed plants.<\/li>\n<li>Mid bloom: when 50% of the flowers are open in the observed plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Distribution Map:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/clintonia_uniflora_map.jpg\" alt=\"Distribution Map\" width=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <strong>This species is monitored in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>British Columbia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 2% 5%; padding: 1%; border-left: 5px solid #fdb714; background-color: #ff8200; float: left; width: 90%; color: #fff; font-style:italic;\"><p>Because of its intense, metallic blue colour, the berry has been used as a dye by some Aboriginal Peoples.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen&#8217;s Cup (Clintonia uniflora) Also known as: bride&#8217;s bonnet Bloom time: April &#8211; May Additional photos: Clintonia uniflora credit: Ian Cumming Clintonia uniflora credit: Michael Wigle General: Part of the lily family, Queen&#8217;s cup is a low plant which grows&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-963","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Queen&#039;s Cup - PlantWatch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/queens-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Queen&#039;s Cup - PlantWatch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Queen&#8217;s Cup (Clintonia uniflora) Also known as: bride&#8217;s bonnet Bloom time: April &#8211; 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