Hastingsia alba
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 242. 1879.
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Schoenolirion album Durand J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 3: 103. 1855
Bulb ellipsoid, 26–56 × 17–31 mm, sometimes with blackish, fibrous tunic. Leaves (28–) 35–41 (–53) cm × 7–14 mm, mature plants with blackish, shriveled foliage persisting at base of scape; blade glaucous-green, aging to light green. Scape 40–89 cm, often with 1–3 ascending branches, 3–5 mm thick at base. Inflorescences: terminal raceme (5–) 14–27 (–40) cm; flowers (24–) 44–51 (–78) per 10 cm of raceme. Seeds dark gray-green to black, 4–6 mm. 2n = 52.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul, fruiting late Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Serpentine, granite, and diorite sites, open rocky seepage areas with year-round water supply, bogs, wet meadows
Elevation: 500–2300 m
Discussion
At high elevations, Hastingsia alba is often stunted and has smaller bulbs, shorter scapes with shorter and narrower leaves, and spreading-rotate tepal tips.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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undehisced +
covered +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
dilated +
aging +
narrow +
absent +
1;several +
hollow +
brittle +
shorter +
ascending +
fleshy +
spaced +
reduced +
reticulate +
solid +
fleshy +
dimorphic +
longer +
slender +
equal +
axile +
44;51 +
blackish +
persisting +
shriveled +
capsular +
1/3 +
constricted +
Serpentine, granite, and diorite sites, open rocky seepage areas with year-round water supply, bogs, wet meadows +
Present +
racemose +
simple +
persistent +
grasslike +
basal +
sessile +
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
superior +
globose;3-lobed +
closed +
showy +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1879 +
vertical +
packed +
lunate +
hollow +
brittle +
wind-distributed +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
3-lobed +
Hastingsia alba +
Hastingsia +
species +
purplish black;greenish white;yellowish;purplish black;greenish white;yellowish;white +
persistent +
distinct +
withering +
absent +
singly +
arising +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
blackish +
fibrous +
persisting +
scapose +
perennial +
mature +
glabrous +
woody +