OregonFlora species comparison

1–3, globose to ovate;

outer coats enclosing 1 or more 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 channeled; more or less falcate, 12–38 cm × 2–3 mm.

persistent; solitary; erect; solid; more or less terete, not expanded proximal to inflorescence, 9–32 cm × 0.5–4 mm.

persistent; erect; loose, 10–20-flowered, globose;

pedicels 5–20 mm;

spathe bracts 2.

5–7 mm;

tepals spreading, lanceolate; more or less equal, white or pinkish with prominent red midveins;

margins entire;

apex acute to acuminate;

stamens equaling tepals or exserted;

ovary crested with 3 obtuse processes;

stigma scarcely thickened, unlobed.

=14.