Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database
Vancouveria hexandra (Inside-Out Flower)

 

Kingdom

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 Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom

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 Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision

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 Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division

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 Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class

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 Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

Subclass

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 Magnoliidae

Order

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 Ranunculales

Family

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 Berberidaceae – Barberry family

Genus

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 Vancouveria C. Morren & Decne. – insideout flower

Species

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 Vancouveria hexandra (Hook.) C. Morren & Decne. – white insideout flower

An excellent, vigorous groundcover that likes the shade.

Dull, green deciduous leaves are delicate and grow 8-16" tall.

Tucked amid the foliage are the large, white flowers folded backwards on themselves, like those of the shooting star species.

Found at low elevations from Tacoma to California (USDA 8-10), Inside-Out Flower needs shade and moisture.

It does exceptionally well under the canopy of alders or maples, where the fallen leaves keep the soil cool and moist.

A good companion to Salal (Gaultheria shallon) and Rhododendrons.
 
Above, photo at left from Walter Siegmund; drawing at right from Sunset. Below left, flower closeup by Walter Siegmund. Beginning fall color, photo from Peganum.
 
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