Lloydia serotina |
Lloydia serotina var. flava |
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alp lily, alpine lily, common alp-lily |
alp lily, alpine lily, golden alpine-lily |
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Habit | Plants slender, 0.5–1.5(–1.9) dm. | |||||
Leaves | slightly dimorphic; basal 2, blade linear, 4–10(–20) cm × 0.8–1 mm; cauline 2–4, blade lanceolate, 1–5 × 0.1–0.2 cm. |
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Flowers | 1–2; tepals 0.9–1.2(–1.4) cm; stamens erect; filaments 3–8 mm; anthers 0.6–1(–1.2) mm. |
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Perianth | yellow with yellowish to greenish veins. |
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Capsules | 6–8 mm. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Lloydia serotina |
Lloydia serotina var. flava |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Jun–Sep). | |||||
Habitat | Rocky slopes and exposed habitats of subalpine zones | |||||
Elevation | 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
w North America; Eurasia
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BC |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Variety flava from the Queen Charlotte Islands (Graham and Moresby islands) differs from the typical variety in floral color and is more robust with well-developed leaves that nearly always exceed the flowering or fruiting scapes (J. A. Calder and R. L. Taylor 1965). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 198. | FNA vol. 26, p. 198. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Lloydia | Liliaceae > Lloydia > Lloydia serotina | ||||
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Synonyms | Bulbocodium serotinum | L. serotina subsp. flava | ||||
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Salisbury ex Reichenbach: Fl. Germ. Excurs., 102. (1830) | (Calder & Roy L. Taylor) B. Boivin: Naturaliste Canad. 94: 525. (1967) | ||||
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