1.
Tolmiea menziesii
(Pursh) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 582. 1840.
Tiarella menziesii
Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 313. 1813
Basal rosettes
usually well developed.
Cauline leaves
not or only slightly longer than wide, i.e., length-width quotient usually 0.6-1.1 (average 0.9); plantlets frequently produced.
2
n
= 28.
Flowering spring-summer. Moist woods, particularly along streams; 0-1800 m; B.C.; Alaska, Oreg., Wash.
Hybrids (with 2
n
= 21) between
Tolmiea menziesii
and
Tellima grandiflora
have been reported from Washington (D. E. Soltis and B. A. Bohm 1985). The Cowlitz Indians applied a poultice of fresh leaves to boils and the Mahak Indians ate raw sprouts in early spring (D. E. Moerman 1998).
