Chlorogalum pomeridianum

(de Candolle) Kunth

Enum. Pl. 4: 682. 1843.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Scilla pomeridiana de Candolle Cat. Pl. Hort. Monsp., 143. 1813
Synonyms: Anthericum pomeridianum (de Candolle) Ker Gawler Laothoë pomeridiana (de Candolle) Rafinesque Phalangium pomeridianum (de Candolle) Sweet
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 308. Mentioned on page 309.

Bulbs 7–15 cm, tunic thick, with numerous coarse, brown fibers of old bulb scales (except var. minus). Leaves 2–7 dm × 6–25 mm, margins usually strongly undulate. Panicles 3–25 dm, branches many. Flowers vespertine, open 1 night only, closed by next morning; tepals spreading and recurved at anthesis, white with green or purple midveins, linear, 1.5–2.5 cm; stamens shorter than tepals; anthers purple or yellow, ca. 3 mm; pollen yellow or whitish; style 10–15 mm, from shorter to longer than tepals; pedicel slender, 5–35 mm, usually ca. equal to or exceeding perianth. Capsules 5–7 mm.

Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Bulb tunic membranous or with few coarse fibers. Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. minus
1 Bulb tunic not membranous, with numerous coarse fibers. > 2
2 Panicles erect, 5–25 dm. Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum
2 Panicles nearly prostrate or with branches diverging widely from base, 3–4 dm or shorter. Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. divaricatum