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fork-tooth ookow, northern saitas, ookow

many flower brodiaea, round-tooth ookow, round-tooth Snake-lily, wild hyacinth

Leaves

3–4, 4–35 cm;

blade strongly keeled, ± glaucous.

3–4, 30–85 cm;

blade unkeeled, glaucous.

Scape

self-supporting, with occasional bends, 30–80(–90) cm, ± scabrous.

self-supporting, with occasional bends, 20 (rarely –90) cm, scabrous.

Inflorescences

racemose, very dense, 6–15-flowered;

bracts pale purple to green, widely lanceolate, 6–12 mm.

umbellate, dense, 6–15-flowered;

bracts streaked purple, ovate, 7–12 mm, apex acuminate.

Flowers

horizontal or erect;

perianth bluish purple, tube unangled, narrowly ovoid, slightly constricted above ovary, 8–10 mm, lobes ascending, 8–10 mm;

perianth appendages 1 per stamen, each coalescent to an inner and outer tepal, leaning away from inner anthers to form corona, erect, purplish, narrowly lanceolate, 5–6 mm, apex deeply 2-fid into 2 wings;

stamens 3, equal;

anthers 4–5 mm;

ovary sessile, 4–6 mm;

style 5–6 mm;

pedicel 1–6 mm.

horizontal or erect;

perianth pink to bluish purple, tube unangled, cylindrical, strongly constricted above ovary, 8–10 mm, lobes widely spreading, 8–10 mm;

perianth appendages each coalescent to inner and outer tepal, arching slightly inward (but outward distally) toward anthers, forming corona, erect, white or pale purple, 5–6 mm, margins entire or denticulate, strongly involute, apex truncate or rounded;

stamens 3, equal;

anthers 4–5 mm;

ovary sessile, globose, 4–6 mm;

style 5–8 mm;

pedicel 3–15 mm, not hidden by bracts.

2n

= 18, 36.

= 18, 36, 45, 54.

Dichelostemma congestum

Dichelostemma multiflorum

Phenology Flowering spring (late Mar–May). Flowering spring (Apr–early Jun).
Habitat Open woodlands, grasslands near coast Open woodlands, foothill grasslands, scrubs
Elevation 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA
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CA; OR
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Discussion

Dichelostemma congestum can be recognized by its congested racemose inflorescence and deeply bifid perianth appendages that stand away from the anthers to form a corona.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Dichelostemma multiflorum is similar to D. capitatum and D. congestum. Dichelostemma capitatum is distinguished by its six fertile stamens, and D. congestum by perianth appendages that are deeply bifid and lean away from the inner anthers; racemose inflorescences; and a weakly constricted perianth tube.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 330. FNA vol. 26, p. 331.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Dichelostemma Liliaceae > Dichelostemma
Sibling taxa
D. capitatum, D. ida-maia, D. multiflorum, D. volubile
D. capitatum, D. congestum, D. ida-maia, D. volubile
Synonyms Brodiaea congesta, Hookera congesta Brodiaea multiflora, Brodiaea grandiflora var. brachypoda, Brodiaea parviflora, D. parviflorum, Hookera multiflora, Hookera parviflora
Name authority (Smith) Kunth: Enum. Pl. 4: 470. (1843) (Bentham) A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 2: 15. (1905)
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