Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Fringed Pinesap

Pleuricospora fimbriolata Fringed Pinesap is a small, uncommon, herbaceous perennial wildflower with a limited geographic distribution in the western United States, California, Oregon, and Washington. The fruit is eaten by small mammals that then disperse the seeds. It attains a height of 6 to 10 centimeters. The plant is fleshy and glabrous. There are no leaves. The flower stalk (peduncle) is creamy yellow. The inflorescence is a raceme of densely arranged flowers. The flowers are cream or pink and pubescent inside. The fruit is a fleshy berry. The plant is not persistent after the berry has ripened. It flowers in mid summer. It is found in mature, moist, shaded mixed or coniferous forests from 150 to 2,800 meters.