OregonFlora species comparison

1–3; larger bulbs each usually with cluster of 10–30 easily detached bulbils to one side of base, globose to ovoid;

outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, membranous; without fibers.

1–5+; renewal bulbs formed within coats of parent bulb; ovoid to more or less globose;

outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows adjacent to roots; more or less quadrate; without fibers.

persistent, green at anthesis, 2;

blades solid; flat or channeled, 10–25 cm × 1–4 mm.

usually deciduous with scape, withering from tip at anthesis, 2;

blades solid; flat; more or less falcate, 8–15 cm × 1–5(6) mm.

persistent; solitary; erect; solid; more or less terete, sometimes ridged, 10–20 cm × 1–2 mm.

usually forming abscission layer and deciduous with leaves after seeds mature; solitary; erect; solid, flattened, frequently more or less winged distally, or; in smaller specimens; more or less terete, 3–12 cm × 0.5–2 mm.

persistent; erect; compact, 10–20(40)-flowered, hemispheric;

pedicels 5–12 mm;

spathe bracts 2.

persistent; erect; compact, 5–30-flowered, hemispheric to conic;

pedicels 3–12 mm;

spathe bracts 2.

6–10 mm;

tepals erect or more or less spreading, white with prominent green or pink midveins, lanceolate; more or less equal;

margins entire;

apex obtuse to acuminate, becoming involute at tip;

stamens included;

ovary crestless or obscurely crested with 3 minute processes;

stigma unlobed or slightly lobed.

6–9 mm;

tepals erect, slightly spreading toward tips, oblong to elliptic, unequal, white or tinged with pink, with broad; dark; reddish purple or brown midvein; outer longer; wider than inner;

margins entire;

apex obtuse to more or less acute;

stamens included;

ovary obscurely crested with 3 low processes;

stigma scarcely thickened, unlobed or obscurely 3-lobed.

=28, 42.

=14.