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.

1–3; ovoid to subglobose;

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

cells in more or less regular vertical rows, narrowly rectangular, transversely 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 deciduous with scape, green or withering only at tip at anthesis, 2;

blades solid; flat, falcate, 9–18 cm × 2–5 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; more or less flattened, sometimes slightly winged, 3–10 cm × 1–2 mm.

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

pedicels 8–12 mm;

spathe bracts 2.

persistent; erect; more or less compact, 6–20-flowered, hemispheric;

pedicels 5–11 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.

6–13 mm;

tepals erect, oblong-lanceolate; more or less equal, white to pinkish with narrow to very broad, purple midvein;

margins entire;

apex obtuse;

stamens included;

ovary crested with 3 low processes;

stigma scarcely thickened, unlobed.

=14.

=14.