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Hastingsia atropurpurea
Leaves

25–55 cm × 6–12 mm, mature plants with blackish, shriveled foliage at base of scape;

blade bluish green.
Scape

71–99 cm, often with 2–5 ascending branches, 4–6 mm thick at base.
Inflorescences

terminal raceme (8–)12–35(–49) cm;

flowers (20–) 30–36(–46) per 10 cm of raceme.
Flowers

tepals purplish black with pale green central vein, oblong-lanceolate, 9–12 × 2 mm;

stamens seldom exposed at anthesis;

filaments 5–8 mm;

anthers purple.
Capsules

ellipsoid to ellipsoid-ovoid, 7–11 × 5–8 mm.
Seeds

black, 5 mm.
Bulb

ellipsoid or infrequently ellipsoid-ovoid, 28–54 × 18–30 mm, usually with blackish, fibrous tunic.

Hastingsia atropurpurea
Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul, fruiting Jul–Aug.
Habitat Ultramafic river-beds that have year-round water in rooting horizon and wet, open, sunny bogs
Elevation 500–700 m (1600–2300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
OR
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 312.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Hastingsia
Sibling taxa
H. alba, H. bracteosa, H. serpentinicola
Name authority Becking: Madroño 33: 175, figs. 1, 2. (1986)
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