Zigadenus mogollonensis

W. J. Hess & Sivinski

Sida 16: 390, fig. 1. 1995.

Common names: Mogollon death camas
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 88. Mentioned on page 82.

Plants 4.5–8.5 dm, from bulbs; bulbs not clumped, tunicate, narrowly ovoid. Leaves: proximal blades 25–45 cm × 10–20 mm. Inflorescences racemose, occasionally paniculate, 10–30-flowered, with 1–3 branches. Flowers nodding; perianth perigynous, campanulate, 8–20 mm diam.; tepals greenish, often tinged with purple, ovate to elliptic, 12–16 × 7–9 mm, somewhat narrowed at base; gland 1, obcordate, thick; pedicel recurved at anthesis, erect in fruit, bracts often tinged with purple or red, longer than pedicel, apex acute. Capsules 12–15 mm. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Mixed coniferous and spruce-fir forests of Mogollon Mountains
Elevation: 2500–3200 m

Discussion

Zigadenus mogollonensis seems morphologically most similar to 13. Z. virescens and Z. volcanicus Bentham, a species from Guatemala.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Zigadenus mogollonensis"
introrse +, extrorse +  and transverse +
reniform +
Fayla C. Schwartz +
W. J. Hess & Sivinski +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
at anthesis , erect in fruit , bracts often tinged~with~purple~or~tinged~with~red or , longer than pedicel , apex +
acute;acute +
membranous +
1 +  and 3 +
not clumped +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Mogollon death camas +
2500–3200 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
staminate +  and pedicellate +
protandrous +  and bisexual +
at anthesis , erect in fruit , bracts often tinged~with~purple~or~tinged~with~red or , longer than pedicel , apex +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
obcordate +
Mixed coniferous and spruce-fir forests of Mogollon Mountains +
paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
many;several +
at anthesis , erect in fruit , bracts often tinged~with~purple~or~tinged~with~red or , longer than pedicel , apex +
erect +  and recurved +
cream colored +  and greenish or red tinged +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
campanulate +
Flowering Aug–Sep. +
tapering +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
contractile +
ellipsoid +
wind-distributed +
2 +  and 20 +
flattened +  and elongate +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
rudimentary +
barely larger +
Anticlea +, Chitonia +, Cyanotris +, Oceanoros +, Toxicoscordion +  and Tracyanthus +
Zigadenus mogollonensis +
Zigadenus +
species +
tinged with purple;greenish +
12mm;16mm +
narrowed +, ovate +  and elliptic +
7mm;9mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
rhizomatous +, bulbous +  and subscapose +
3 +  and 2 +
26 +, 11 +  and 8 +