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Lloydia serotina

Lloydia serotina var. serotina
Lloydia serotina

alp lily, alpine lily, common alp-lily
Photo is of parent taxon

alp lily, alpine lily, common alpine-lily, common alplily
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.

Flowers

1–2;

tepals 0.9–1.2(–1.4) cm;

stamens erect;

filaments 3–8 mm;

anthers 0.6–1(–1.2) mm.

Perianth

white with greenish to purplish veins.
Capsules

6–8 mm.

2n

= 24, 36, 48.

Lloydia serotina

Lloydia serotina var. serotina
Phenology Flowering summer (Jun–Sep).
Habitat Gravelly to rocky slopes and cliff faces or rock crevices, grassy tundra
Elevation 400–4400 m (1300–14400 ft)
Distribution
from USDA
w North America; Eurasia
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from FNA
AK; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC; NT; YT; Eurasia
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Variety serotina, the typical, arctic-alpine variety (T. Irmisch 1863; B. Jones and C. Gliddon 1999), is wide-ranging throughout the Northern Hemisphere (N. Woodhead 1951).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Perianth white with greenish to purplish veins.
var. serotina
1. Perianth yellow with yellowish to greenish veins.
var. flava
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 198. FNA vol. 26, p. 198.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Lloydia Liliaceae > Lloydia > Lloydia serotina
Sibling taxa
L. serotina var. flava
Subordinate taxa
L. serotina var. flava, L. serotina var. serotina
Synonyms Bulbocodium serotinum
Name authority (Linnaeus) Salisbury ex Reichenbach: Fl. Germ. Excurs., 102. (1830) unknown
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