Nothoscordum bivalve

(Linnaeus) Britton

in N. L. Britton and A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 1: 415. 1896.

Illustrated
Basionym: Ornithogalum bivalve Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 306. 1753
Synonyms: Allium bivalve (Linnaeus) Kuntze Allium striatum Jacquin Nothoscordum striatum (Jacquin) Kunth Nothoscordum texanum M. E. Jones
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 277.

Bulbs globose to subglobose, to 1–1.5 cm diam.; outer coats brown; bulblets absent. Scape solitary (rarely 2), terete, (10–)20–40 cm × 1–3 mm. Leaves 1–4, sheaths enveloping neck of bulb, hyaline, subtruncate apically; blade filiform or linear, to 30 cm × 1–4(–5) mm, margins entire. Umbel mostly 3–6(–10)-flowered, often asymmetrical, 1–3 cm diam.; bracts persistent, 2, 1–2 cm × 4–8 mm, base coherent, imbricate, margins scarious or hyaline, apex acuminate. Flowers not fragrant; tepals whitish to cream, at least outer ones with red or purplish red midvein, elliptic, (8–)10–12(–15) × 3–4.5 mm, apex acute or acuminate; filaments simple, adnate to tepals, 5–6 mm; anthers yellow; ovary crestless; style persistent, equaling stamens; stigma unlobed, 3/4 perianth; pedicel erect, 1–2 cm, elongating as flowers develop, but often of several lengths even in fruit. Capsules subglobose or obovoid, 6–8 × 6–8 mm. Seeds 4–7 per locule.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Dec.
Habitat: Open woods, prairies, barrens
Elevation: 0–1700 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ariz., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.Mex., N.C., Ohio, Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., s to South America.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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T. D. Jacobsen +  and Dale W. McNeal Jr. +
(Linnaeus) Britton +
Ornithogalum bivalve +
Ala. +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.Mex. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and s to South America. +
0–1700 m +
Open woods, prairies, barrens +
Flowering Mar–Dec. +
in N. L. Britton and A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. +
W2 +  and Illustrated +
Allium bivalve +, Allium striatum +, Nothoscordum striatum +  and Nothoscordum texanum +
Nothoscordum bivalve +
Nothoscordum +
species +