Flora of North America species comparison

The green links below add additional plants to the comparison table. Blue links lead to other Web sites.
enable glossary links

Odontostomum hartwegii

Hartweg's doll's-lily, Hartweg's odontostomum
Bulbs

subglobose, slightly broader than tall, 1–3 cm wide.
Stems

to 5.5 dm.
Leaves

basal and cauline, tapering gradually to attenuate apex;

cauline leaves smaller than basal, gradually reduced to bracts subtending panicle branches;

blade (6.5–)10–25 × (0.2–)0.5–0.8 cm.
Inflorescences

0–4-branched, each branch (1–)5–40-flowered;

bracts subulate, ± equaling pedicels.
Flowers

perianth creamy white to yellowish;

perianth tube 4–6 mm, limb lobes ca. as long;

outer 3 tepals 5–7-veined, ± lanceolate, apex acute;

inner 3 tepals 3–5-veined, ± oblanceolate, apex obtuse;

filaments 1–2 mm;

staminodes 0.5–1 mm;

pedicels 3–5 mm.
Capsules

ca. 4 mm wide.

Odontostomum hartwegii
Phenology Flowering spring (mid Apr–mid Jun).
Habitat Grassland, savanna with blue oak (Quercus douglasii Hooker & Arnott) or digger pine (Pinus sabiniana Douglas ex D. Don), usually in well-drained, rocky clay soils (often serpentine), but sometimes on vernal pool margins
Elevation 0–600 m (0–2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[WildflowerSearch map]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Odontostomum hartwegii ranges from Shasta County south to Mariposa County along the Sierra foothills, and locally in the Coast Ranges in Tehama and Napa counties. It is more frequent in the northern portion of this range, from Butte to Shasta counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 204.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Odontostomum
Name authority Torrey: Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 150. (1857)
Web links 
Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from the online version of the Flora of North America, who have made most of their content available via a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0).



Type/paste one or more Latin names into the boxes above; matching taxa will show up below the box as you type. You can use the up/down arrow keys to move through the list.

(If the plant you're looking for doesn't show up in the auto-complete list, that means it either isn't described in Flora of North America yet, or it's listed under a synonym. And please note that Flora of North America is still missing several plant families, including Fabaceae, Apiaceae, Boraginaceae, and Polemoniaceae.)

Choose a data source: Flora of North America, OregonFlora

The species comparison tool is brought to you by:
Northwest Wildflowers