Flora of North America species comparison

usually solitary, not clustered on stout, primary rhizome, ovoid, 1–1.5 × 0.8–1.4 cm;

outer coats enclosing single bulb, reddish brown, membranous, lacking cellular reticulation or cells arranged in only 2–3 rows proximal to roots, ± quadrate, without fibers;

inner coats pale brown to white or pink, cells obscure, quadrate.

usually solitary, forming rhizomes;

rhizomes 1–2, terminated by 1–3 new bulbs, short, slender;

parent bulb disappearing by anthesis except for still-functional roots and bulb coats, not basally clustered, oblique-ovoid, 1–1.5 × 0.9–1.5 cm;

outer coats not enclosing bulbs, pale brown, prominently cellular-reticulate, membranous, cells polygonal to oblong, walls thick, obscurely sinuous, without fibers;

inner coats white, cells ± transversely elongate, intricately contorted.

persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 1, basally sheathing, sheath not extending much above soil surface;

blade solid, terete, 15–25 cm × 0.5–1.5 mm.

persistent, withering from tip by anthesis, 2–3, basally sheathing, sheaths not extending much above soil surface;

blade solid, subterete to ± channeled, 10–28 cm × 1–2 mm, margins entire.

persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 15–35 cm × 1–2.5 mm.

persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 20–40 cm × 1–3 mm.

persistent, erect, compact, 10–35-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown;

spathe bracts persistent, 2–3, 5–7-veined, lanceolate to ovate, ± equal, apex abruptly acuminate.

persistent, erect, loose, 10–25-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown;

spathe bracts persistent, 2, 3-veined, lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate.

campanulate, 6–8 mm;

tepals erect, white with greenish midveins, becoming deep pink to red in fruit, ovate to nearly round, ± equal, becoming papery in fruit, margins entire to finely denticulate, apex obtuse (rarely acute), shallowly emarginate;

stamens included;

anthers yellow;

pollen yellow;

ovary crested;

processes 6, prominent, ± triangular, margins entire, apex emarginate;

style linear, equaling stamens;

stigma capitate, 3-lobed, lobes slender, recurved;

pedicel spreading, straight, 7–12 mm, becoming rigid and ± reflexed in fruit.

campanulate, 11–16 mm;

tepals erect, pink to rose-purple, lanceolate, unequal, outer tepal longer and wider than inner, becoming rigid and keeled in fruit, margins finely denticulate (inner tepal more prominently so), apex acute to narrowly obtuse, becoming involute and appearing long-acuminate, flaring toward tips;

stamens included;

anthers yellow;

pollen yellow;

ovary crested;

processes 3, central, 2-lobed, rounded, minute, margins entire;

style linear, equaling stamens;

stigma capitate, scarcely thickened, obscurely 3-lobed;

pedicel 10–25 mm.

coat dull;

cells minutely roughened.

coat shining;

cells minutely roughened.

= 14.

= 14.