Olsynium

Rafinesque

New Fl. 1: 72. 1836.

Common names: Grass widow
Etymology: said by Rafinesque to mean hardly united, alluding to the stamens
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 350. Mentioned on page 17.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA26 Plate 053.jpegMilla biflora
Libertia formosa
Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Herbs, perennial, strongly cespitose, rootstock indistinct. Stems simple, terete. Leaves 2–4, cauline, alternate, reduced basally; blade basally clasping or terete. Inflorescences rhipidiate, 1–5-flowered; spathes 2, green, leaflike, unequal, apex acute or, rarely, obtuse. Flowers not fragrant, actinomorphic; tepals distinct, reddish purple to magenta, occasionally pink or white, not clawed, ± equal; stamens symmetrically arranged; filaments connate to 1/2 their length; anthers parallel, not appressed to style-branches; style-branches 3, filiform, short, extending between anthers. Capsules globose to obovoid or broadly turbinate, ± smooth to distended around seeds, apex broadly rounded, basal 0.2 mm of styles sometimes persistent. Seeds many, obconic, angular; seed-coat brown, coarsely rugulose. x = 32.

Distribution

North America, South America

Discussion

Species 12 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Olsynium"
dehiscing +  and latrorse +
rounded +, obtuse +, , +  and acute +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
Anita F. Cholewa +  and Douglass M. Henderson† +
Rafinesque +
parallel-veined +
flattened +, divided +  and filiform +
expanded +
distended +, globose +  and obovoid or broadly turbinate +
Grass widow +
monochasial +
North America +  and South America +
said by Rafinesque to mean hardly united, alluding to the stamens +
actinomorphic +
not fragrant +
winged +, branched +  and simple +
angled +, compressed +  and terete +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
woody;firm;cartilaginous +
1-5-flowered +  and rhipidiate +
cauline +  and basal +
petaloid +, zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
obconic +
unequal +
monochasial +
persistent +
3-lobed +  and filiform +
Olsynium +
Iridaceae +
reddish purple +  and magenta occasionally pink or white +
distinct +
not clawed +
herb +  and cespitose +
unequal +