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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Olsynium |accepted_authority=Rafinesque |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=New Fl. |place=1: 72. 1836 |year=1836 }} |common_names=Grass widow |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Iridaceae;Olsynium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Olsynium]]</div></div> |etymology=said by Rafinesque to mean hardly united, alluding to the stamens |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 17 |treatment_page=page 350 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;rootstock prominence"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, strongly cespitose, rootstock indistinct.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem shape"><b>Stems </b>simple, terete.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf quantity;cauline leaf arrangement;cauline leaf size"><b>Leaves </b>2–4, cauline, alternate, reduced basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade architecture or fixation;blade shape">blade basally clasping or terete.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>rhipidiate, 1–5-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="spathe quantity;spathe coloration;spathe architecture or shape;spathe size;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">spathes 2, green, leaflike, unequal, apex acute or, rarely, obtuse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower odor;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>not fragrant, actinomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tepal fusion;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal shape;tepal variability">tepals distinct, reddish purple to magenta, occasionally pink or white, not clawed, ± equal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen arrangement">stamens symmetrically arranged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament fusion;filament length">filaments connate to 1/2 their length;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther arrangement;anther fixation or orientation">anthers parallel, not appressed to style-branches;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style-branch quantity;style-branch shape;style-branch height or length or size">style-branches 3, filiform, short, extending between anthers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule architecture or pubescence or relief;capsule shape;apex shape;apex position;apex some measurement;style duration"><b>Capsules </b>globose to obovoid or broadly turbinate, ± smooth to distended around seeds, apex broadly rounded, basal 0.2 mm of styles sometimes persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed arrangement or shape"><b>Seeds </b>many, obconic, angular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="">seed-coat brown, coarsely rugulose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;seed-coat relief;x chromosome quantity">x = 32.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;South America |discussion=<p>Species 12 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Olsynium |author=Anita F. Cholewa;Douglass M. Henderson† |authority=Rafinesque |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Iridaceae |distribution=North America;South America |reference=None |publication title=New Fl. |publication year=1836 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_713.xml |genus=Olsynium |anther arrangement=parallel |anther fixation or orientation=not appressed |apex position=basal |apex shape=rounded;obtuse;,;acute |apex some measurement=0.2 |blade architecture or fixation=clasping |blade shape=terete |capsule architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |capsule shape=distended;globose;obovoid or broadly turbinate |cauline leaf arrangement=alternate |cauline leaf size=reduced |filament fusion=connate |filament length=0;1/2 |flower architecture=actinomorphic |flower odor=not fragrant |inflorescence architecture=1-5-flowered;rhipidiate |leaf quantity=2;4 |rootstock prominence=indistinct |seed arrangement or shape=angular |seed quantity=many |seed shape=obconic |seed-coat coloration=brown |seed-coat relief=rugulose |spathe architecture or shape=leaflike |spathe coloration=green |spathe quantity=2 |spathe size=unequal |stamen arrangement=arranged |stem architecture=simple |stem shape=terete |style duration=persistent |style-branch height or length or size=short |style-branch quantity=3 |style-branch shape=filiform |tepal coloration=reddish purple;magenta occasionally pink or white |tepal fusion=distinct |tepal shape=not clawed |tepal variability=equal |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose |x chromosome quantity=32 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Iridaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Iridaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Olsynium.