Flora of North America species comparison

scapelike or leafy, simple or branched, glabrous, often glaucous;

bulblets sometimes borne in leaf axils.

usually branching, 1–6 dm.

sessile;

basal persistent or withering by flowering, solitary, blade base sometimes attenuate and petiolelike;

cauline 0–several, sometimes proximalmost appearing as basal, reduced.

basal persistent, 1–7 dm;

blade lanceolate, flat.

monochasiate or ± umbellate, 1–many-flowered, bracteate.

2–several-flowered.

perianth globose to broadly campanulate;

sepals 3, distinct, ovate to lanceolate, usually petaloid and glabrous;

petals 3, distinct, usually longer and broader than sepals, sometimes clawed, usually hairy adaxially, bearing adaxial gland near base, often spotted to ± patterned;

filaments widened at base;

anthers usually basifixed or pseudobasifixed, linear to oblong;

ovary superior;

style absent;

stigmas 3.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

petals light yellow-green, flecked and streaked purplish brown, oblanceolate, ciliate to near apex, hairy;

glands depressed, bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by 2 or more rows of short hairs;

anthers short-tipped.

capsular, 3-locular, 3-angled or -winged, linear, oblong, or globular, dehiscence septicidal.

erect, angled, apex acute.

many, in 2 rows per locule, irregular or flat, coat usually hexagonally reticulate.

dark brown, irregular.

= 20.