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amberlily, Torrey's craglily

Leaves

basal 3–15, 8–40 cm × 0.5–9 mm, blade very narrowly linear to narrowly linear, margins denticulate, ciliate;

cauline 0–3, (0.5–)1–9(–13) cm, blade long-acuminate in most specimens, the proximal not exceeding next node.

Inflorescences

1–2, 0–1(–3)-branched, 20–60(–84) cm, wholly glabrous or scabrescent toward base.

Flowers

facing upward or away from scape;

tepals elliptic, (7.5–)9–15 mm, outer 2–4 mm wide, inner 4–8.5 mm wide;

filaments inserted in open pits, narrowly cylindric to narrowly clavate, 4–8.5 mm;

anthers distinct, versatile, 1.5–3.5 mm;

ovary 2–5 mm.

Capsules

broadly oblong to oblong, 7–16 × 3–6 mm.

Storage

roots enlarged 1–2(–4) cm from corms, (1.5–)2–5 cm.

2n

= 16, 32, 48.

Echeandia flavescens

Phenology Flowering (late May–) mid Jul–early Oct.
Habitat Desert grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, juniper-oak-pine woodlands, openings in yellow-pine and pine-fir-spruce forests
Elevation 1500–2900 m (4900–9500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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Discussion

Echeandia flavescens is a highly variable polyploid complex. Most specimens from the flora fall into one of three groups: slender plants with leaves 1–4 mm wide and capsules 7–11 mm; slender plants with leaves 1–4 mm wide and capsules 12–15 mm; and more robust plants with leaves 4–9 mm wide and capsules 12–16 mm. The first plants are diploids and the last two are hexaploids and octoploids, respectively. The robust morph was described as Anthericum stenocarpum and has been collected at scattered locations throughout the distributional range of the species. Because the correlation between morphology and ploidy level breaks down across the distributional range, no infraspecific taxa are recognized.

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

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 215.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Echeandia
Sibling taxa
E. chandleri, E. texensis
Synonyms Anthericum flavescens, Anthericum stenocarpum, Anthericum torreyi, Anthericum torreyi var. arizonicum, Anthericum torreyi var. lanceolatum, Anthericum torreyi var. neomexicanum, E. leptophylla, Phalangium flavescens
Name authority (Schultes & Schultes f.) Cruden: Sida 9: 146. (1981)
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