OregonFlora species comparison

fleshy;

rhizomes pink, freely branching, producing extensive clumps with remains of old leaves.

fibrous;

rhizomes compact, dark brown; slender, covered with old leaf bases.

usually 1-branched.

unbranched or stemless.

deciduous; stiff; erect at first then recurved;

blades dark green with prominent median thickening, 20–30 mm wide;

cauline leaves equal in height to inflorescence.

evergreen; narrow, 3–5 mm wide, light green, often pink or red basally.

4–12-flowered;

bracts subequal, green with brown margins; outer bract strongly keeled.

usually 2-flowered;

bracts broad; opposite, closed; outer much shorter and narrower than inner.

perianth bright yellow or cream; signal a darker yellow basal patch delimited by short, brown lines;

petals without veining;

tube 12–13 mm;

stigmas rounded with prominent tongue.

perianth cream or very pale yellow;

segments membranous and narrow, with deeper yellow or lavender veins;

sepals with bluish tinge and veins;

floral tube long and slender, 45–120 mm long, with short enlargement at top;

style tips very long and narrow;

stigmas triangular.

angled, with obvious groove at each angle.

capsules; ovoid.

D-shaped, flattened; corky, lustrous.

buff, slightly compressed.

=24, 30, 32, 34.

=20.