Flora of North America species comparison

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Zephyranthes longifolia

cebolleta, copper zephyr-lily
Leaf

blade dull green, to 1(–2) mm wide.
Flowers

erect to slightly inclined;

perianth yellow, funnelform, 2.1–2.8 cm;

perianth tube green, 0.2–0.6 cm, increasing in diam., no more than 1/4 perianth length, ca. 1/2 (1/4–3/4) filament length, no more than 1/4 spathe length;

tepals rarely reflexed;

stamens diverging, in 2 distinctly unequal sets;

filaments filiform, 0.7–1.1 cm;

anthers in 2 nonoverlapping sets, 3–6 mm;

style longer than perianth tube;

stigma 3-fid, usually among anthers;

pedicel 0.7–1.5 cm, shorter than spathe.
Spathe

2.1–3.1 cm.
2n

= 48.

Zephyranthes longifolia
Phenology Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug).
Habitat Sandy, gravelly, calcareous, alkaline soils in highlands
Elevation 40–2400 m (100–7900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 300.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Zephyranthes
Sibling taxa
Z. atamasca, Z. candida, Z. chlorosolen, Z. citrina, Z. drummondii, Z. grandiflora, Z. insularum, Z. jonesii, Z. pulchella, Z. refugiensis, Z. rosea, Z. simpsonii, Z. smallii, Z. traubii, Z. treatiae
Name authority Hemsley: Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic., 55. (1880)
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