Flora of North America species comparison

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

not branching, straight, 2–4 dm, proximal internodes elongate;

bulblets rare.

basal persistent, 20–35 cm;

blade gradually tapering distally, adaxially pubescent.

basal usually persistent, 1–3 dm × 10–25 mm;

blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute;

cauline ca. halfway up stem.

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

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

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 2–10 cm.

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 ovate to lanceolate, shorter than petals, glabrous, apex acuminate;

petals lavender, with deep purple adaxial crescent distal to gland, obovate, cuneate, ± ciliate laterally, sparingly covered with long, flexuous hairs distal to gland;

glands ± triangular-lunate, slightly depressed, bordered proximally by narrow, deeply fringed membrane, covered with short, thick hairs, hairs and membrane fringe densely covered with long papillae;

filaments longer than anthers;

anthers oblong, 6–10 mm, apex obtuse.

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

erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to nearly globular.

light-colored, irregular.

light beige.

= 20.

= 40.