Echeandia flavescens
Echeandia chandleri
amberlily, Torrey's craglily
chandler's craglily, lila de los llanos
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.
basal (2–)5–12, 15–50 cm × 4–12(–16) mm, blade narrowly linear to narrowly elliptic, margins entire, often short-ciliate;
cauline 1–5, 6.5–27 cm, blade long-acuminate, the proximal usually exceeding next node.
1–2, 0–1(–3)-branched, 20–60(–84) cm, wholly glabrous or scabrescent toward base.
1, 0–4-branched, 18–76 cm, glabrous or scabrescent.
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.
facing outward or somewhat declinate;
tepals elliptic, 10–20 mm, outer 2.5–4.5 mm wide, inner 4.5–8 mm wide;
filaments inserted in covered pits, narrowly cylindric, (4–)5–9.5 mm;
anthers distinct, usually not versatile, usually twisted and/or reflexed, thus appearing versatile, 2–3 mm;
ovary 2–5 mm.
broadly oblong to oblong, 7–16 × 3–6 mm.
broadly oblong to oblong, 8–14 × 5–7 mm.
roots enlarged 1–2(–4) cm from corms, (1.5–)2–5 cm.
roots enlarged 2–8 cm from corms, 2–5 cm, or thickened throughout.
= 16, 32, 48.
Echeandia flavescens
Echeandia chandleri
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.)
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