Flora of North America species comparison

1–3, larger bulbs each usually with cluster of 10–30 easily detached bulbels to one side of base, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, globose to ovoid, 1–1.6 × 0.8–1.5 cm;

outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, brownish, membranous, without fibers;

inner coats white to pink;

inner and outer coats frequently without obvious reticulations, these, when present, contorted.

3–4, not clustered on stout, primary rhizomes, ovoid, asymmetric, 2.5–3 × 2–5 cm;

outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, light yellow to light brown, thin, papery, chartaceous, cells narrow, vertically elongate, without fibers;

inner coats white, cells narrow, vertically elongate.

persistent, green at anthesis, 2, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface;

blade solid, flat or channeled, 10–25 cm × 1–4 mm, margins entire.

usually persistent, 3–6, scarcely ensheathing scape even basally, sheaths not extending much above soil surface;

blade solid, flat, broadly channeled, 10–60 cm × 10–25 mm, margins entire.

persistent, solitary, erect, solid, ± terete, sometimes ridged, 10–20 cm × 1–2 mm.

usually persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, fistulose, 60–100 cm × 5–10 mm.

persistent, erect, compact, 10–20-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown;

spathe bracts persistent, 2, 5–7-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate.

persistent, erect, compact, 75–150-flowered, hemispheric-globose, bulbils unknown;

spathe bracts persistent, 2–4, 11+-veined, ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate.

campanulate, 6–10 mm;

tepals erect or ± spreading, white with prominent green or pink midveins, lanceolate, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire, apex obtuse to acuminate, becoming involute at tip;

stamens included;

anthers white or yellow;

pollen yellow;

ovary crestless or obscurely crested;

processes 3, low, central, rounded, minute;

style linear, equaling stamens;

stigma capitate, unlobed or slightly lobed;

pedicel 5–12 mm.

stellate to subcampanulate, 6–9 mm;

tepals ± spreading, white with green midvein, narrowly oblong, ± equal, becoming ± rigid and reflexed in fruiting, margins entire, apex obtuse;

stamens included;

anthers yellow or purple, aborting without producing pollen;

ovary crestless;

style linear, ± equaling tepals;

stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, obscurely 3-lobed;

pedicel 25–40 mm.

coat dull;

cells ± smooth.

coat not known.

= 28, 42.