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+Clintonia (after DeWitt Clinton, the famous Governor of New York and promoter of the Erie Canal). Liliaceae. A small group of low-growing, herbaceous plants of North America and Asia, with a few tufted, broad shining leaves, and usually umbels of flowers. Perianth-segms. equal or nearly so; stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth-segms.: ovary 2-3- celled with 2 to several ovules in each cavity: fls. on scapes: root-stocks slender: fr. a globose or oval berry. For C. pulchella and other species of the abandoned genus Clintonia of Hort., see Downingia a very different genus belonging to Campanulaceae.
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+Clintonias grow in cool, moist woods, and fanciers can secure them from some dealers in native plants. It is difficult to tell the species apart by the leaves.
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