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cebolleta, copper zephyr-lily

cebolleta, showy zephyrlily

Leaf

blade dull green, to 1(–2) mm wide.

blade dull green, to 3 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.

erect;

perianth cadmium yellow, funnelform, (1.9–)2.2–4(–6) cm;

perianth tube green, (0.2–)0.5–0.9(–1) cm, increasing in diam., less than 1/4 perianth length, ca. 1/2 (1/5–2/3) filament length, ca. 1/6 (1/8–1/4) spathe length;

tepals rarely reflexed;

stamens diverging, appearing equal;

filaments filiform, (0.5–)0.7–1.1(–1.5) cm;

anthers 3–7 mm;

style longer than perianth tube;

stigma capitate, usually among anthers;

pedicel (0.3–)1.4–3.3(–4.4) cm, sometimes longer than spathe.

Spathe

2.1–3.1 cm.

1.9–3.8 cm.

2n

= 48.

= 48.

Zephyranthes longifolia

Zephyranthes pulchella

Phenology Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug). Flowering late spring–late fall (May–Dec).
Habitat Sandy, gravelly, calcareous, alkaline soils in highlands Primarily low, sandy-loam open fields, swales, ditches, coastal plains
Elevation 40–2400 m (100–7900 ft) 0–400 m (0–1300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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from FNA
TX; ne Mexico
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 300. FNA vol. 26, p. 300.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Zephyranthes 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
Z. atamasca, Z. candida, Z. chlorosolen, Z. citrina, Z. drummondii, Z. grandiflora, Z. insularum, Z. jonesii, Z. longifolia, Z. refugiensis, Z. rosea, Z. simpsonii, Z. smallii, Z. traubii, Z. treatiae
Name authority Hemsley: Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic., 55. (1880) J. G. Smith: Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 6: 114, plate 52. (1895)
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