Flora of North America species comparison

ovoid, ca. 1.5 cm diam.;

outer coats brown;

bulblets 10–20+.

globose to subglobose, to 1–1.5 cm diam.;

outer coats brown;

bulblets absent.

2–9, sheaths enveloping neck of bulb, hyaline, reduced apically;

blade linear, 20–40(–50) cm × 4–12 mm, margins entire.

1–4, sheaths enveloping neck of bulb, hyaline, subtruncate apically;

blade filiform or linear, to 30 cm × 1–4(–5) mm, margins entire.

1–2, terete, 30–60 cm × 2–3 mm.

solitary (rarely 2), terete, (10–)20–40 cm × 1–3 mm.

10–20-flowered, often asymmetrical, to 5 cm diam.;

bracts persistent, 2, 1.2–2 cm × 5–8 mm, bases fused, imbricate, margins scarious.

mostly 3–6(–10)-flowered, often asymmetrical, 1–3 cm diam.;

bracts persistent, 2, 1–2 cm × 4–8 mm, base coherent, imbricate, margins scarious or hyaline, apex acuminate.

fragrant;

tepals white adaxially with pink midvein and greenish bases, oblanceolate, 9–15 × 4 mm, apex obtuse;

filaments simple, adnate to tepals, 7–10 mm;

anthers dark brown;

ovary crestless;

style persistent in fruit, ± equaling stamens;

stigma unlobed, equaling perianth;

pedicel erect to spreading, 2–6 cm, unequal.

not fragrant;

tepals whitish to cream, at least outer ones with red or purplish red midvein, elliptic, (8–)10–12(–15) × 3–4.5 mm, apex acute or acuminate;

filaments simple, adnate to tepals, 5–6 mm;

anthers yellow;

ovary crestless;

style persistent, equaling stamens;

stigma unlobed, 3/4 perianth;

pedicel erect, 1–2 cm, elongating as flowers develop, but often of several lengths even in fruit.

obovoid, ca. 6–7 × 6–7 mm.

subglobose or obovoid, 6–8 × 6–8 mm.

8–12 per locule.

4–7 per locule.