Flora of North America species comparison

cormlike, globose.

lax to erect, 3–11 cm.

basal leaves withering before anthesis, ± sessile, blade narrowly linear to filiform, subcylindric, 1–6 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute;

cauline leaves 2–3(–5), paired or whorled, blade similar to basal leaves, 10–50 mm.

usually subumbellate to paniculate cymes, (1–)3–25-flowered;

bracts 2 per flower, ovate to lanceolate, 1–5 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute.

pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit;

sepals 2, ovate, 2–4 mm, herbaceous, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse;

petals 5–9, white or pinkish with darker veins, elliptic-obovate to elliptic-ovate, 4–7 mm;

stamens (3–)4(–5);

stigmas 3–5;

pedicel 5–15(–25) mm.

3–4 mm.

8–25, 1 mm, shiny, shallowly tuberculate.