Scoliopus
''Scoliopus'', or fetid adderstongue, is a genus of plant within the family Liliaceae consisting of two species, '' Scoliopus bigelovii'' and '' S. hallii.'' Both are found in deep shaded forests, primarily in the coastal counties of the western United States from central California to northern Oregon. The name "''Scoliopus''" derives from the Greek words ''skolios'' and ''pous'', meaning curved foot, a reference to the shape of the pedicel. Taxonomists believe that ''Scoliopus'' is closely related to ''Calochortus'', ''Prosartes'', '' Streptopus'' and ''Tricyrtis'', which all have creeping rhizomes as well as styles that divide at the tip. Description ''Scoliopus'' has two mottled leaves at its base and a long pedicel that, over time, bends and twists so that the fruit touches the ground. The flowers, which bloom in the late winter and early spring, are pale green or yellow when fresh, lined with narrow purple or dark brown veins, with wide, spreading sepals and narrower petals, ...
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Scoliopus Bigelovii
''Scoliopus bigelovii'' is a species of flowering plant in the Liliaceae, lily family known by several common names, including California fetid adderstongue, Bigelow's adderstongue, slinkpod, and brownies. It is native to California, where it is known from the Santa Cruz Mountains, parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and California Coast Ranges, North Coast Ranges. It has also been collected just over the border in Oregon.BLM: ''S. bigelovii''
It occurs in old-growth forest in the understory of Sequoia sempervirens, redwoods. It grows in mossy, moist places, often in shade.

Description

This herbaceous perennial plant, perennial, one of two species of ''Scoliopus'', grows from a rhizome and a small section of underground stem. The above-ground parts include two large leaves ...
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