Eremocrinum

M. E. Jones

Zoë 4: 53. 1893.

Common names: Sand lily
Etymology: Greek eremos, desert, and krinon, lily
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 216. Mentioned on page 57.
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FNA26 Plate 029.jpegEremocrinum albomarginatum
Leucocrinum montanum
Asphodelus fistulosus
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Herbs, perennial, caulescent, glabrous, from short, vertical rhizomes with fleshy roots. Leaves 8–12, basal, tufted, each tuft surrounded basally by fibrous, persistent sheaths; blade linear. Inflorescences terminal, racemose, spikelike, elongate, dense, bracteate. Flowers rather showy, not obviously fragrant; perianth persistent, white to greenish white, with 3 greenish to brown stripes, these confluent terminally; tepals 6, shortly connate proximally, spreading distally, oblong, equal; perianth-tube stipelike; stamens 6, hypogynous, 1-seriate; filaments linear, flattened, ca. 1/2 length of tepals; anthers basifixed, becoming strongly incurved, introrse; ovary superior, 3-locular, ovules few per locule; style filiform, elongate; stigma discoid; pedicel short, slender, subtended by scarious bract. Fruits capsular, 3-lobed, globose, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds 4–8 (–12), black, angled.

Distribution

s Utah and n Ariz

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

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cordate +  and linear +
James L. Reveal +  and Frederick H. Utech +
M. E. Jones +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Sand lily +
s Utah and n Ariz +
Greek eremos, desert, and krinon, lily +
flattened +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
fragrant +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
globose +  and 3-lobed +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
elongate +  and spikelike +
persistent +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
white +  and greenish white +
wind-distributed +
4 +  and 8 +
persistent +
adnate +  and free +
hypogynous +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
elongate +  and filiform +
Eremocrinum +
Liliaceae +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +