OregonFlora species comparison

fleshy;

rhizomes thick; short; vertical.

0.5–2m erect; hollow.

alternate, lanceolate to widely ovate, reduced upwards;

apex acute, strongly veined.

panicles;

flowers many, pubescent;

bracts present.

bisexual or staminate;

tepals 6, white or green to yellow, rotate to campanulate; free, spreading; equal to subequal, not clawed;

margins mostly entire, persistent;

nectary glands 1–2;

basal;

stamens 6, attached to perianth;

filaments distinct, filiform;

anthers 1-locular, cordatereniform, persistent; dehiscence apical;

ovary partly inferior, 3-chambered;

styles 3; distinct; erect to divergent; short;

stigmas long, extending down inner surfaces of style.

3-lobed;

beaks persistent; dehiscence septicidal.

winged.