Flora of North America species comparison

not branching, ca. 1 dm.

scapelike or leafy, simple or branched, glabrous, often glaucous;

bulblets sometimes borne in leaf axils.

basal persistent, ca. 2 dm;

blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat.

sessile;

basal persistent or withering by flowering, solitary, blade base sometimes attenuate and petiolelike;

cauline 0–several, sometimes proximalmost appearing as basal, reduced.

subumbellate, 2-flowered.

monochasiate or ± umbellate, 1–many-flowered, bracteate.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals smaller than petals;

petals pink to light purplish, obovate, 35–40 mm, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, margins yellow-ciliate;

glands bordered proximally by wide, ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs;

anthers lanceolate, apex apiculate.

perianth globose to broadly campanulate;

sepals 3, distinct, ovate to lanceolate, usually petaloid and glabrous;

petals 3, distinct, usually longer and broader than sepals, sometimes clawed, usually hairy adaxially, bearing adaxial gland near base, often spotted to ± patterned;

filaments widened at base;

anthers usually basifixed or pseudobasifixed, linear to oblong;

ovary superior;

style absent;

stigmas 3.

capsular, 3-locular, 3-angled or -winged, linear, oblong, or globular, dehiscence septicidal.

nodding, winged, ellipsoid, ca. 1 cm, apex acute.

irregular.

many, in 2 rows per locule, irregular or flat, coat usually hexagonally reticulate.

= 20.