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Definition of Tolmiea menziesii
1. Noun. Vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Tolmiea, Tolmiea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tolmiea Menziesii
Literary usage of Tolmiea menziesii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1898)
"(fF. Spreadborough.) Specimens from nearly all the above localities were named R.
Woodsii by Crepin, but we have no R. Woodsii in Canada. Tolmiea menziesii ..."
2. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society, British Soviet Friendship Society (1881)
"In the State of Oregon, the Tolmiea menziesii grows in moist, shady places.
Its manner of propagating itself is very unusual among plants; buds are formed ..."
3. Pamphlets on Forestry in Washington (1906)
"Fl. Bor. Am. 1:237. pi. 80. 1833. Tolmiea menziesii Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 582. 1840.
TYPE LOCALITY: "On the northwest coast." Collected by Menzies. ..."