{"id":1398986,"date":"2014-04-17T07:18:19","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T07:18:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:02:50","slug":"sarcodes-sanguinea","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/sarcodes-sanguinea\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarcodes sanguinea (USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sarcodes<\/i> sanguinea<\/i> Torr., Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 4: 193 1851<\/i>.\u00a0;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Sarcodes<\/b><\/i> is a monotypic<\/font><\/a> genus of a single springtime flowering plant in the heath family<\/font><\/a> containing the single species Sarcodes sanguinea<\/b><\/i>, commonly called the snow plant<\/b> or snow flower<\/b>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

It is a <\/font>parasitic plant<\/font><\/a> that derives sustenance and nutrients from <\/font>mycorrhizal<\/font><\/a> fungi that attach to roots of trees. It is unable to <\/font>photosynthesize<\/font><\/a> nutrients.[<\/span>1]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font>Ectomycorrhizal (EM)<\/font><\/a> symbioses involve a mutualism between a plant root and a fungus; the plant provides fixed carbon to the fungus and in return, the fungus provides mineral nutrients, water and protection from pathogens to the plant. The snow plant takes advantage of this mutualism by tapping into the network and stealing sugars from the photosynthetic partner by way of the fungus.[<\/span>2]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The plant’s aboveground tissue is its <\/font>inflorescence<\/font><\/a>, a <\/font>raceme<\/font><\/a> of bright scarlet red flowers wrapped in many straplike, pointed <\/font>bracts<\/font><\/a> with fringed edges, themselves bright red to orange in color.[<\/span>3]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Sarcodes sanguinea<\/i> is native to western North America from <\/font>Oregon<\/font><\/a> through the mountains of <\/font>California<\/font><\/a> into <\/font>Baja California<\/font><\/a>. <\/font><\/div>\n
Its name derives from the striking red flower that emerges from the sometimes still snow-covered ground in early spring or summer; <\/font>this may be as late as July in high elevations, such as those of the High Sierra Nevada<\/font><\/a> and Cascades<\/font><\/a>.[<\/span>3]<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/div>\n

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Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight: Sarcodes sanguinea from Shasta mountains, California-GSAPR10<\/a>\u00a0: <\/span>5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments<\/span> (3<\/span>).<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
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Sarcodes sanguinea<\/i> Torr.<\/div>\n
Snow Plant, snow flower<\/b><\/div>\n
Root parasite, Red fleshy perennial herb with thick brittle rootstock; stemless, above ground portion consisting of condensed raceme, up to 30 cm long, consisting of red to orange-red flowers; sepals 5, free; corolla urn-shaped, 5-lobed; stamens 10; fruit a capsule, indehiscent with about 1 mm unwinged seeds.<\/font><\/div>\n
Photographed from Shasta mountains California<\/font><\/p>\n
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really nice flowers sir!<\/p>\n
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Sarcodes sanguinea Torr., Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 4: 193 1851.\u00a0; \u00a0 Sarcodes is a monotypic genus of a single springtime flowering plant in the heath family containing the single species Sarcodes sanguinea, commonly called the snow plant or snow flower. It is a parasitic plant that derives sustenance and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8624],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1398986","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-sarcodes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1398986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1398986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1398986"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1398986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}