OregonFlora species comparison

adventitious, contractile, ringed.

short; thick, tapered to a point.

3; in a whorl subtending flower, sessile or petiolate; ovate to cordate; major veins 3–5;

venation palmate-reticulate.

1-several; erect; straight; round, usually aerial (below ground in T. petiolatum).

terminal, 1 per stem.

bisexual;

sepals 3; ovate or obovate to elliptical, green (sometimes with maroon markings); free, alternating with leaves; leaf-like, persistent;

petals 3; ovate to linear, white, pink, yellow; maroon, or purple; free, spreading or recurved, sometimes clawed, withering with age;

stamens 6, alternating in 2 whorls; erect, recurved or divergent;

filaments wider at base;

anthers white or purple;

ovary superior;

stigmas 3, linear to awl-shaped, spreading, twisted, or erect, usually persistent.

berry-like capsules, 0.5–3 cm long; fleshy.

many; ovoid to elliptical, 2–4 mm, with a large white or yellowish oil body (elaiosome); ant dispersed.

=10.