Dichelostemma multiflorum

(Bentham) A. Heller

Muhlenbergia 2: 15. 1905.

Common names: Wild hyacinth round-toothed ookow
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Brodiaea multiflora Bentham Pl. Hartw., 339. 1857
Synonyms: Brodiaea grandiflora var. brachypoda Torrey Brodiaea parviflora Torrey & A. Gray Dichelostemma parviflorum (Torrey & A. Gray) Keator Hookera multiflora (Bentham) Britten Hookera parviflora (Torrey & A. Gray) Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 331. Mentioned on page 328, 329.

Leaves 3–4, 30–85 cm; blade unkeeled, glaucous. Scape self-supporting, with occasional bends, 20 (rarely –90) cm, scabrous. Inflorescences umbellate, dense, 6–15-flowered; bracts streaked purple, ovate, 7–12 mm, apex acuminate. Flowers horizontal or erect; perianth pink to bluish purple, tube unangled, cylindrical, strongly constricted above ovary, 8–10 mm, lobes widely spreading, 8–10 mm; perianth appendages each coalescent to inner and outer tepal, arching slightly inward (but outward distally) toward anthers, forming corona, erect, white or pale-purple, 5–6 mm, margins entire or denticulate, strongly involute, apex truncate or rounded; stamens 3, equal; anthers 4–5 mm; ovary sessile, globose, 4–6 mm; style 5–8 mm; pedicel 3–15 mm, not hidden by bracts. 2n = 18, 36, 45, 54.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr–early Jun).
Habitat: Open woodlands, foothill grasslands, scrubs
Elevation: 0–2000 m

Discussion

Dichelostemma multiflorum is similar to D. capitatum and D. congestum. Dichelostemma capitatum is distinguished by its six fertile stamens, and D. congestum by perianth appendages that are deeply bifid and lean away from the inner anthers; racemose inflorescences; and a weakly constricted perianth tube.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Dichelostemma multiflorum"
54 +, 45 +, 36 +  and 18 +
cordate +  and linear +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
rounded +, truncate +  and acuminate +
J. Chris Pires +
(Bentham) A. Heller +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Brodiaea multiflora +
occasional +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
channeled +, keeled +  and lanceolate +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
streaked purple +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Wild hyacinth +  and round-toothed ookow +
fibrous-coated +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
0–2000 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
erect +  and horizontal +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
ovoid +  and 3-angled +
Open woodlands, foothill grasslands, scrubs +
6-15-flowered +  and umbellate +
persistent +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (85 cm850 mm <br />0.85 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
denticulate +  and entire +
globose +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
pale-purple +  and white +
erect +  and arching +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
pink +  and bluish purple +
Flowering spring (Apr–early Jun). +
Muhlenbergia +
self-supporting +
cylindrical +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (?) +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
adnate +  and free +
epitepalous +
1 +  and several +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Brodiaea grandiflora var. brachypoda +, Brodiaea parviflora +, Dichelostemma parviflorum +, Hookera multiflora +  and Hookera parviflora +
Dichelostemma multiflorum +
Dichelostemma +
species +
connate +  and distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
cylindrical +  and unangled +
constricted +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +