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.

1–5+;

rhizomes absent; increase bulbs absent or more or less equaling parent bulbs, never appearing as a basal cluster; ovoid;

outer coats enclosing renewal and increase 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, 2;

blades solid; flat, falcate, 8–21 cm × 2–8 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; erect; solid, strongly flattened, winged distally, 5–25 cm × 1–4 mm.

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

pedicels 8–12 mm;

spathe bracts 2.

persistent; erect; compact to more or less loose, 10–30-flowered, hemispheric;

pedicels 8–15 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.

9–15 mm;

tepals erect, lanceolate; more or less equal; reddish purple or dingy white; at least inner margins denticulate;

apex long-acuminate;

stamens included;

ovary crested with 3 low processes;

stigma unlobed.

=14.

=14.