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.

3–4; ovoid;

outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs; thin; papery, reticulate;

cells narrow, vertically elongate; 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 persistent, 3–6;

blades solid; flat, broadly channeled, 10–60 cm × 10–25 mm.

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

usually persistent; solitary; erect; solid; terete; hollow, 60–100 cm × 5–10 mm.

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

pedicels 8–12 mm;

spathe bracts 2.

persistent; erect; compact, 75–150-flowered, hemispheric-globose;

pedicels 25–40 mm;

spathe bracts 2–4.

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.

6–9 mm;

tepals more or less spreading, narrowly oblong; more or less equal, white with green midvein;

margins entire;

apex obtuse;

stamens included;

ovary crestless;

stigma scarcely thickened, obscurely 3-lobed.

=14.