Flora of North America species comparison

usually not branching, shorter than 5(–10) cm, bearing bulblets near base.

usually branching, 1–6 dm.

basal persistent, 1–4 dm;

blade lanceolate, flat;

cauline usually present.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.

subumbellate, 1–5-flowered;

bracts 2–4, linear, attenuate.

subumbellate, 1–6(–10)-flowered;

bracts 2–8 cm.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals elliptic-lanceolate, 12–16 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate;

petals ± white to pink, often with purple blotch distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, 15–28 mm, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely hairy, margins irregularly dentate distally;

glands covered with ciliate membranes, bordered distally by short hairs;

filaments longer than anthers;

anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals lanceolate, 3–5 cm, apex recurved;

petals white to brightly or deeply yellow, purple, or dark red, with dark red median blotch, often with second paler distal blotch, obovate or cuneate to clawed, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered proximal hairs, apex retuse to obtuse;

glands in lower middle of petal, ± square, sometimes ovate, not depressed, covered with short, orange to red-purple hairs;

filaments usually equaling anthers;

anthers linear-lanceolate to oblong.

nodding, narrowly 3-winged, 1–3 cm.

erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm.

dark brown, irregular.

light beige, ± flat, 4–6 mm.

= 20, 40.

= 14.