Common Name: LILY FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb from membranous bulb or scaly rhizome. Stem: underground or erect, branched or not. Leaf: basal or cauline, alternate, subopposite, or whorled. Inflorescence: raceme, panicle, +- umbel-like or not. Flower: perianth parts 6 in 2 generally petal-like whorls, often showy; stamens 3 or 6, filaments free or +- fused to perianth, anthers attached at base or near middle; ovary superior or +- so, style 1, entire or 3-lobed. Fruit: capsule or berry. Seed: 3--many, flat or angled, brown to black. Genera In Family: 16 genera, 635 species: northern temperate. Note: Users strongly encouraged to protect plants by working around need to see underground parts in using keys, e.g., by trying both leads in couplets solely dependent on such characters. Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill. an historical waif in California. Other TJM (1993) taxa moved to Agavaceae (Agave, Camassia, Chlorogalum, Hastingsia, Hesperocallis, Hesperoyucca, Leucocrinum, Yucca), Alliaceae (Allium, Ipheion, Nothoscordum), Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis, Narcissus, Pancratium), Asparagaceae (Asparagus), Asphodelaceae (Aloe, Asphodelus, Kniphofia), Melanthiaceae (Pseudotrillium, Stenanthium, Toxicoscordion, Trillium, Veratrum, Xerophyllum), Nartheciaceae (Narthecium), Ruscaceae (Maianthemum, Nolina), Smilacaceae (Smilax), Tecophilaeaceae (Odontostomum), Themidaceae (Androstephium, Bloomeria, Brodiaea, Dichelostemma, Muilla, Triteleia), and Tofieldiaceae (Triantha). North American species of Disporum now in Prosartes. eFlora Treatment Author: Dale W. McNeal, except as noted Scientific Editor: Dale W. McNeal, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Habit: Rhizomes long. Stem: simple or branched. Leaf: cauline, alternate, oblong to ovate, acute to acuminate. Inflorescence: flowers 1(2) in leaf axils, with sharp bend at juncture of peduncle, pedicel. Flower: bell- to saucer-shaped; perianth parts 6, petal-like; stamens 6, filaments flat, anthers abruptly tipped; ovary superior, chambers 3, style 1, entire or 3-lobed. Fruit: berry, +- green to dark red. Seed: 3--15, elliptic, grooved or wrinkled. Etymology: (Greek: twisted foot, from peduncles)
Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. var. americanus Schult. & Schult. f.
NATIVE Habit: Rhizome thick; roots thick, fibrous. Stem: 30--100 cm, much-branched, glabrous to densely hairy. Leaf: +- sessile, 5--15 cm, 2--5 cm wide, entire or minute-dentate, +- glaucous below, base cordate, clasping. Flower: 9--15 mm, bell-shaped; perianth parts narrowly lance-oblong, spreading to +- recurved at tips, white, tinged (yellow-)green, outer flat, inner +- keeled, +- narrower, clasping stamens; stamens 6, outer filaments +- 1 mm, inner 2--3 mm, anthers attached at base; ovary superior, chambers 3, style 1, 4--5 mm, thick, entire or 3-lobed. Fruit: berry, 10--15 mm, yellow or red. Seed: many, +- 3 mm, pale yellow, grooved. Chromosomes: n=16. Ecology: Moist, shaded areas; Elevation: 250--1700 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoRH, CaRH, n SNH, MP; Distribution Outside California: to Alaska, central North America. Flowering Time: May--Jun Synonyms: Streptopus amplexifolius var. denticulatus Fassett Jepson eFlora Author: Dale W. McNeal Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Streptopus Next taxon: Tulipa
Botanical illustration including Streptopus amplexifolius var. americanus
Citation for this treatment: Dale W. McNeal 2012, Streptopus amplexifolius var. americanus, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=66865, accessed on April 23, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 23, 2024.
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