Flora of North America species comparison

slender, not branching or rarely branching in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 2–4 dm.

stout, not branching, 16–22 cm, not bearing bulblets.

basal persistent, 20–35 cm;

blade gradually tapering distally, adaxially pubescent.

basal 2–25 dm × 8–12 mm;

cauline usually present.

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 2, subopposite, linear to narrowly lanceolate, attenuate, 1–3 cm.

2–6-flowered.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals shorter than petals, ovate-acuminate, glabrous;

petals yellowish white, with purplish hairs toward base, broadly obovate, cuneate, inconspicuously fringed laterally, sparingly short-hairy adaxially, apex rounded;

glands transversely oblong, slightly depressed, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs, the bases of which unite at lower margin to form inconspicuous, discontinuous membranes;

filaments shorter than anthers;

anthers oblong-lanceolate, apex acute to short-apiculate.

± erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals broadly lanceolate, somewhat shorter than petals;

petals bright lavender, broadly obovate, adaxial surface glabrous or with short, purple hairs distal to gland, apex margins erose;

glands slightly depressed, surrounded proximally by minutely denticulate membrane;

filaments longer than anthers;

anthers oblong, apex acute to obtuse.

erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm, base and apex acute.

nodding, narrowly 3-winged, ovoid, 1.5–2 cm.

light-colored, irregular.

unknown.

= 20.