Flora of North America species comparison

slender, 2–5 dm.

not branching, straight, 2–4 dm, proximal internodes elongate;

bulblets rare.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.

basal usually persistent, 1–3 dm × 10–25 mm;

blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute;

cauline ca. halfway up stem.

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts 1–8 cm.

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 2–10 cm.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals lanceolate-oblong, attenuate, 2–3 cm;

petals deep yellow, usually streaked red-brown proximally, often with median red-brown blotch, cuneate to obovate, 2–4 cm, with a few slender hairs near gland;

glands ± lunate to oblong, not depressed, covered with short, matted hairs;

filaments 7–9 mm;

anthers linear-oblong, 4–6 mm, apex obtuse or acute.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals ovate to lanceolate, shorter than petals, glabrous, apex acuminate;

petals lavender, with deep purple adaxial crescent distal to gland, obovate, cuneate, ± ciliate laterally, sparingly covered with long, flexuous hairs distal to gland;

glands ± triangular-lunate, slightly depressed, bordered proximally by narrow, deeply fringed membrane, covered with short, thick hairs, hairs and membrane fringe densely covered with long papillae;

filaments longer than anthers;

anthers oblong, 6–10 mm, apex obtuse.

erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 3–6 cm.

erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to nearly globular.

light beige, flat.

light beige.

= 14, 28.

= 40.