Flora of North America species comparison

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Hastingsia alba
Hastingsia alba

white hastingsia, white rushlily, white schoenolirion, white-flower rush-lily
Leaves

(28–)35–41(–53) cm × 7–14 mm, mature plants with blackish, shriveled foliage persisting at base of scape;

blade glaucous-green, aging to light green.
Scape

40–89 cm, often with 1–3 ascending branches, 3–5 mm thick at base.
Inflorescences

terminal raceme (5–)14–27(–40) cm;

flowers (24–)44–51(–78) per 10 cm of raceme.
Seeds

dark gray-green to black, 4–6 mm.
Bulb

ellipsoid, 26–56 × 17–31 mm, sometimes with blackish, fibrous tunic.
2n

= 52.

Hastingsia alba
Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul, fruiting late Jul–Sep.
Habitat Serpentine, granite, and diorite sites, open rocky seepage areas with year-round water supply, bogs, wet meadows
Elevation 500–2300 m (1600–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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Discussion

At high elevations, Hastingsia alba is often stunted and has smaller bulbs, shorter scapes with shorter and narrower leaves, and spreading-rotate tepal tips.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 311.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Hastingsia
Sibling taxa
H. atropurpurea, H. bracteosa, H. serpentinicola
Synonyms Schoenolirion album
Name authority (Durand) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 242. (1879)
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