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1 Flowers doubled, the corona divided into numerous segments resembling tepals; stamens usually petaloid. |
2 Corona segments shorter than the tepal lobes; flowers bicolored, corona segments usually bright orange and tepals pale yellow to creamy-yellow ( petaloid stamens cream to yellow in color) |
2 Corona segments and tepal lobes all about the same length; flowers yellow to greenish, corona segments frequently similar in color to tepals |
1 Flowers not doubled, the corona undivided (like a drinking glass or cup) and distinct from the tepals; stamens not petaloid. |
3 Tepal lobes 10-15 mm long; corona 3-5 mm long; leaves dark green, either cylindrical and hollow or somewhat flattened and grooved; umbel (or stem) with 3-10 flowers. |
4 Leaves somewhat flattened, grooved, 3-10 mm wide; tepal lobes light lemon-yellow; corona yellow-orange, distinctly darker than the tepal lobes |
4 Leaves cylindrical ( terete), 2-4 mm wide; tepal lobes golden-yellow; corona golden-yellow, the same as the tepal lobes or only slightly darker |
3 Tepal lobes 10-50 mm long; corona 5-50 mm long; leaves green to glaucous, flattened, solid; umbel (or stem) with 1-20 flowers. |
5 Tepal lobes distinctly reflexed back, ca. 180 degrees |
5 Tepal lobes borne at close to a 90 degree angle to the flower axis. |
6 Hypanthial tube (below the tepal lobes) parallel-sided (though sometimes suddenly expanded at its apex); corona < 10 mm long, usually wider than high; corona < 0.5× as long as the perianth lobes; corona rarely undulate; umbel (or stem) with 1-10 flowers; stamens of 2 distinct lengths. |
7 Corona rim red, contrasting with the white or yellow corona (though sometimes fading when dried); umbel (or stem) with 1 flower |
7 Corona of a single color, all white or yellow; umbel (or stem) with (1-) 2-8 (-20) flowers. |
8 Umbel (or stem) with (1-) 2 (-3) flowers; pollen grains malformed ( sterile) |
8 Umbel (or stem) with (2-) 3-8 (-20) flowers; pollen grains normal, turgid (fertile). |
9 Corona white; umbel (or stem) with < 20 flowers |
9 Corona yellow; umbel (or stem) with (2-) 3-8 (-15) flowers |
6 Hypanthial tube (below the tepals) distinctly widening toward its apex; corona usually > 10 mm long, usually as long as wide or longer than wide; corona usually > 0.5× as long as the perianth lobes; corona margin undulate; umbel (or stem) with 1(-3) flowers; stamens of the same length or nearly so. |
10 Tepal lobes linear to lanceolate, < 5 mm wide |
10 Tepal lobes ovate, triangular- ovate, or suborbicular, > 10 mm wide. |
11 Corona 30-50 mm long, about as long as the tepal lobes |
11 Corona 10-25 mm long, nearly as long as or distinctly shorter than the tepal lobes. |
12 Umbel (or stem) with (1-) 2-4 flowers; corona and tepal lobes the same color; leaves green, < 8 mm wide; stem nearly terete |
12 Umbel (or stem) with 1 (-3) flowers; corona usually conspicuously darker in color than the tepal lobes; leaves green or glaucous, > 8 mm wide; stem distinctly 2- edged |
13 Umbel (or stem) with 1 (-3) flowers; corona > 0.75× as long as the tepal lobes; leaves green; flowering stems usually < 30 cm tall |
13 Umbel (or stem) with 1 flower; corona < 0.75× as long as the tepal lobes; leaves somewhat glaucous; flowering stems often > 30 cm tall |