Eremocrinum
Zoë 4: 53. 1893.
Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
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Eremocrinum albomarginatum Leucocrinum montanum Asphodelus fistulosus | Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |
Herbs, perennial, caulescent, glabrous, from short, vertical rhizomes with fleshy roots. Leaves 8–12, basal, tufted, each tuft surrounded basally by fibrous, persistent sheaths; blade linear. Inflorescences terminal, racemose, spikelike, elongate, dense, bracteate. Flowers rather showy, not obviously fragrant; perianth persistent, white to greenish white, with 3 greenish to brown stripes, these confluent terminally; tepals 6, shortly connate proximally, spreading distally, oblong, equal; perianth-tube stipelike; stamens 6, hypogynous, 1-seriate; filaments linear, flattened, ca. 1/2 length of tepals; anthers basifixed, becoming strongly incurved, introrse; ovary superior, 3-locular, ovules few per locule; style filiform, elongate; stigma discoid; pedicel short, slender, subtended by scarious bract. Fruits capsular, 3-lobed, globose, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds 4–8 (–12), black, angled.
Distribution
s Utah and n Ariz
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"broad" is not a number."/2lengthoftepals" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."thicker" is not a number.