Flora of North America species comparison

2–20+, without basal bulbels, 1–2.5 × 1.2–2.8 cm;

outer coats enclosing 1 or more bulbs, dark brown, reticulate, cells coarse-meshed, open, fibrous;

inner coats whitish, cells regular, vertically elongate, walls not sinuous.

1–6+, not basally clustered, replaced annually by new bulbs borne terminally on rhizomes;

rhizomes 1–3, inconspicuous, slender, less than 2 cm including renewal bulb;

parent bulbs disappearing by anthesis except for still-functional roots and bulb coat, oblique-ovoid to ± oblong, 0.7–1.4 × 0.5–1.2 cm;

outer coats not enclosing bulbs, brown to gray-brown, ± obscurely reticulate, membranous, reticulum delicate, cells transversely elongate, V-shaped or ± wavy, forming obscure herringbone pattern, without fibers;

inner coats white, cells obscure, quadrate to ± rectangular, often contorted.

persistent, green at anthesis, 3–5, sheathing;

blade solid, flat, channeled, 8–30 cm × 1–2(–3) mm, margins entire.

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

blade solid, subterete to ± channeled, 9–30 cm × 1–2 mm, margins entire.

persistent, solitary, erect, ± terete, 10–20 cm × 1–3 mm.

persistent, solitary, erect, solid, terete, 10–35 cm × 1–3 mm.

persistent, erect, loose, 5–25-flowered, hemispheric-globose, bulbils unknown;

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

persistent, erect, compact to loose, 10–20-flowered, hemispheric, bulbils unknown;

spathe bracts persistent, 2, 4–6-veined, lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, apex acuminate.

urceolate, 7–10 mm;

tepals erect, white or pale pink with deep pink midribs to deep rose, lanceolate, ± equal, becoming callous-keeled and permanently investing capsule, margins entire, apex obtuse or acute;

stamens included;

anthers yellow or purple;

pollen yellow;

ovary crestless;

style linear, ± equaling stamens;

stigma capitate, unlobed or obscurely lobed;

pedicel 3–17 mm, ± 2 times perianth at anthesis, elongating in fruit.

conic to campanulate, 7–14 mm;

tepals erect, reddish purple, rarely white, narrowly lanceolate to lance-ovate, ± equal, becoming rigid and carinate in fruit, margins finely denticulate (inner tepal more prominently so), apex acute to obtuse, becoming involute at tip and appearing acuminate;

stamens included;

anthers yellow;

pollen yellow;

ovary crested;

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

style linear, equaling stamens;

stigma capitate, obscurely 3-lobed, scarcely thickened;

pedicel 10–20 mm.

coat dull or shining;

cells minutely roughened.

coat dull;

cells minutely roughened.