OregonFlora species comparison

fleshy;

rhizomes thick; short; vertical.

1–1.5m, distally hairy.

0.5–2m erect; hollow.

elliptic, 10–35 × 5–20 cm;

distal leaves lanceolate, reduced, gray woolly hairs below and on sheathes; at least when young.

alternate, lanceolate to widely ovate, reduced upwards;

apex acute, strongly veined.

20–50 cm;

branches ascending, gray woolly-haired;

bracts ovate to lanceolate; shorter than flowers.

panicles;

flowers many, pubescent;

bracts present.

6–15 mm.

6–9(15) mm;

tepals widely ovate; creamy white to yellow, not clawed;

gland 1, green, elliptic, Vshaped;

basal;

stamens equal to the length of the tepals;

ovary densely woolly.

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.

oblong-ovoid, 2–3 cm, woolly.

3-lobed;

beaks persistent; dehiscence septicidal.

flat, 10–15 mm;

wings broad.

winged.

=32.