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.
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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 +