Liliaceae
Bluebead
Clintonia borealis
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Clintonia
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- كلينتونيا بورياليس
- Chinese
- 北方七筋姑
- English
- Bluebead, Bluebead-lily, Yellow clintonia
- French
- Clintonie boréale
- Polish
- Yellow Clintonia
Synonyms
- Clintonia aitonii Raf.
- Clintonia angustifolia Raf.
- Clintonia biflora Raf.
- Clintonia biumbella Raf.
- Clintonia borealis f. albicarpa Killip ex House
- Clintonia borealis f. borealis
- Clintonia borealis f. lateralis Peck
- Clintonia ciliata Raf.
- Clintonia falcata Raf.
- Clintonia fulva Raf.
- Clintonia glomerata Raf.
- Clintonia latifolia Raf.
- Clintonia multiflora Raf.
- Clintonia mutans Raf.
- Clintonia nutans Raf.
- Clintonia nutans var. dasistema Raf.
- Clintonia nutans var. fascicularis Raf.
- Clintonia nutans var. macrostema Raf.
- Clintonia nutans var. obovata Raf.
- Clintonia nutans var. prolifera Raf.
- Clintonia nutans var. uniflora Raf.
- Clintonia ophioglossoides Raf.
- Clintonia triflora Raf.
- Clintonia undulata Raf.
- Convallaria borealis (Aiton) Poir.
- Dracaena borealis Aiton
- Smilacina borealis (Aiton) Ker Gawl.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 5,027 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: oksanaetal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: alicia penney, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kent P. McFarland, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: oksanaetal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laura J. Costello, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.