IUCN threat status:

Not evaluated

Comprehensive Description

Read full entry
Bulb broadly ovoid, ca. 3.5 cm in diam.; scales lanceolate, 4--5 × 1--1.5 cm. Stem to 50 cm, papillose. Leaves scattered, narrowly linear, 6--8 cm × 2--3 mm, papillose on midvein abaxially and at margin, 1-veined. Flowers solitary or several, funnelform, very fragrant. Tepals white, tinged yellow at base; outer ones lanceolate, 9--11 × 1.5--2 cm; inner ones obovate, slightly wider; nectaries neither papillose nor with fimbriate projections. Filaments 6--7.5 cm, scarcely papillose; anthers ellipsoid, 0.9--1.2 cm. Ovary cylindric, ca. 2.2 cm × 3 mm. Style ca. 6 cm. Fl. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 24*.

Trusted

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

© Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA

Supplier: Missouri Botanical Garden

Belongs to 0 communities

This taxon hasn't been featured in any communities yet.

Learn more about Communities

Disclaimer

EOL content is automatically assembled from many different content providers. As a result, from time to time you may find pages on EOL that are confusing.

To request an improvement, please leave a comment on the page. Thank you!