OregonFlora species comparison

20–55 cm long.

10–40 cm long, usually branching.

basal leaves linear, 5–10 cm long, glaucous;

margins revolute, withering.

basal leaves 10–40 cm long, tapering at both ends, rarely producing bulbs in leaf axils.

1–2-flowered.

flowers 1–5 or moreflowered;

bracts 2 or more, linear-lanceolate; to 7 cm long,

sepals lanceolate, 40–50 mm long;

petals obovate, 40–60 mm long, white to pink or purple, with a chevron or crescent or not; lower 33% of inner petal with yellow scattered hairs; outer petal surface with distinct green band;

nectary depressed, triangular;

filaments 8–9 mm long;

anthers to 10 mm long, pink to light purple.

sepals 10–15 mm long, acuminate;

petals obovate or wedge-shaped, 12–25 mm long, white above and purple near nectary;

inner surface with dense simple hairs throughout;

nectary lunate;

membrane crested with 2 rows of short hairs;

margins well away from petal edges;

filaments to 8 mm long;

anthers lanceolate to 5 mm long, white, pink, or purple.

erect; lance-linear, 5–10 mm wide.

nodding, elliptic-oblong, 20–30 mm long, winged.

wafer-like; straw-colored.

irregular-shaped, purple; aging to brown.

=20.