UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves basal, 10-20 cm. long, contracted to a broadly-winged petiole, the blades elliptic-oblanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, entire or shallowly toothed, nearly glabrous, but with soft hairs on the petiole margins.

Leaves all basal, oblanceolate, 2-10 cm. long and 5-15 mm. wide, with 7-17 teeth, thinly hairy, tapered gradually to broad, winged petioles not clearly differentiated from the blades.

Inflorescence an elongate panicle, narrow to somewhat diffuse;

calyx 2-3.5 mm. long, the 5 reflexed lobes oblong lanceolate;

petals white to greenish-white, usually 5 but sometimes 1 or more lacking, often unequal in size, obovate to ovate-oblong, 2-4 mm. long and 1-2.5 broad;

stamens 10, filaments broadly club-shaped, 1-2 mm. long, greenish-white to pinkish.

Inflorescence an open, diffuse panicle extending nearly to the base of the stem;

calyx lobed almost to the base, the 5 lobes oblong-ovate, sharply reflexed, 1.5-2.5 mm. long, usually reddish or purplish;

petals 5, white, 4-6 mm. long, dimorphic, 3 much broader than the other 2;

stamens 10, the filaments slender and white;

flowers vary from all normal to mostly replaced by leafy bulblets.

Ovary nearly superior in fruit;

carpels 2-4.

Ovary almost completely superior, capsule 4-6 mm. long;

carpels 2, fused their length.