Zephyranthes pulchella

J. G. Smith

Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 6: 114, plate 52. 1895.

Common names: Cebolleta
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 300. Mentioned on page 297, 301.
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Leaf-blade dull green, to 3 mm wide. Spathe 1.9–3.8 cm. Flowers erect; perianth cadmium yellow, funnelform, (1.9–) 2.2–4 (–6) cm; perianth-tube green, (0.2–) 0.5–0.9 (–1) cm, increasing in diam., less than 1/4 perianth length, ca. 1/2 (1/5–2/3) filament length, ca. 1/6 (1/8–1/4) spathe length; tepals rarely reflexed; stamens diverging, appearing equal; filaments filiform, (0.5–) 0.7–1.1 (–1.5) cm; anthers 3–7 mm; style longer than perianth-tube; stigma capitate, usually among anthers; pedicel (0.3–) 1.4–3.3 (–4.4) cm, sometimes longer than spathe. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–late fall (May–Dec).
Habitat: Primarily low, sandy-loam open fields, swales, ditches, coastal plains
Elevation: 0–400 m

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dorsifixed +
linear-oblong +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Raymond O. Flagg +, Gerald L. Smith +  and Walter S. Flory† +
J. G. Smith +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
overlapping +
dilated +
Atamosco +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
brown +  and black +
Cebolleta +
Tex. +  and ne Mexico +
0–400 m +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
diverging +  and erect +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
thin-walled +  and capsular +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
oblate +  and subglobose +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Primarily low, sandy-loam open fields, swales, ditches, coastal plains +
ebracteate +, spathaceous +  and 1-flowered +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
recumbent +  and erect +
many;several +
3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br /> (4.4 cm44 mm <br />0.044 m <br />) +
sometimes longer +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
cadmium yellow +
subrotate +
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering late spring–late fall (May–Dec). +
Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. +
wind-distributed +
wedge--shaped +
1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br /> (3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
1 +  and several +
3-fid +  and capitate +
3 +  and 1 +
filiform +
Cooperia +
Zephyranthes pulchella +
Zephyranthes +
species +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +