OregonFlora species comparison

1–5+; ovoid;

outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, membranous; more or less reticulate;

cells quadrate to polygonal, vertically oblong; without fibers.

1–6+, not basally clustered; new bulbs borne terminally on rhizomes;

rhizomes 1–3; slender; less than 2 cm long including renewal bulb, parent bulbs disappearing by anthesis except for still-functional roots and bulb coat, oblique-ovoid to more or less oblong;

outer coats not enclosing bulbs; more or less obscurely reticulate, membranous; reticulum delicate;

cells transversely elongate; V-shaped or more or less wavy, forming obscure herringbone pattern; without fibers.

usually persistent, withering from tip at anthesis, 2;

blades solid; flat or more or less channeled, falcate, 12–25 cm × 2–3 mm.

persistent, withering from tip at anthesis, 2–3;

blades solid, subterete to more or less channeled, 9–30 cm × 1–2 mm.

persistent, 1–3; erect; solid; terete or somewhat flattened, 2-edged, not expanded proximal to inflorescence, 15–30 cm × 1–3 mm.

persistent; solitary; erect; solid; terete, 10–35 cm × 1–3 mm.

persistent; erect; compact, 10–30-flowered, hemispheric;

pedicels 8–12 mm;

spathe bracts 2.

persistent; erect; compact to loose, 10–20-flowered, hemispheric;

pedicels 10–20 mm;

spathe bracts 2.

6–8 mm;

tepals spreading, lanceolate; more or less equal; rose-colored;

margins entire;

apex acuminate;

stamens more or less equaling tepals, or exserted;

ovary distinctly crested with 6 low processes;

stigma unlobed.

7–14 mm;

tepals erect, narrowly lanceolate to lance-ovate; more or less equal; reddish purple, rarely white;

margins finely denticulate (inner tepals more prominently so);

apex acute to obtuse, becoming involute at tip and appearing acuminate;

stamens included;

ovary obscurely crested with 3 minute processes;

stigma scarcely thickened, obscurely 3-lobed.

=14.

=14.