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+, replaced annually with new bulbs borne terminally on short; secondary rhizomes, parent bulb disappearing by anthesis except for still-functional roots and shriveled bulb coat, oblique-ovoid;

outer coats not or only partially enclosing bulbs, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows adjacent to roots; more or less quadrate; 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.

usually deciduous with scape, withering from tip at anthesis; (1)2;

blades solid; flat, falcate, 10–33 cm × 1.5–10 mm.

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

usually forming abscission layer and deciduous with leaves after seeds mature; solitary; more or less erect; solid, flattened, winged distally;

wings frequently crenulate proximal to umbel, 5–15 cm × 1–5 mm.

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

pedicels 8–12 mm;

spathe bracts 2.

persistent; erect; compact, 10–25-flowered, conic to hemispheric;

pedicels 6–16 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.

6–12 mm;

tepals erect, lanceolate; more or less equal, white to pinkish with deeper pink, purple or greenish midveins;

margins entire;

apex acute;

stamens included;

ovary obscurely crested with 3 minute, 2-lobed processes;

stigma scarcely thickened, unlobed.

=14.

=14.