View source for Nemastylis geminiflora

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|accepted_name=Nemastylis geminiflora
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.,
|place=5: 157. 1837
|year=1837
}}
|common_names=Prairie celestial
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Calydorea texana
|authority=(Herbert) Baker
|rank=species
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|name=Nemastylis acuta
|authority=Whitehouse
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Nemastylis;Nemastylis geminiflora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nemastylis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Nemastylis geminiflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 398
|treatment_page=page 399
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>slender, 12–40 cm. <b>Bulbs</b> 20–30 mm diam. <b>Stems</b> sturdy, usually branched, mainly from base. <b>Leaves</b> usually 3; blade linear to ensiform, usually exceeding rhipidia, 4–20 mm wide. <b>Rhipidia</b> usually 2-flowered; outer spathe 20–35 mm, inner 30–55 mm, apex dry. <b>Tepals</b> blue, white in center, white zone sometimes edged with dark blue, ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–3 cm; filaments distinct or connate basally, ca. 4 mm; anthers 11–15 mm; ovary conic, 4–5 mm; style branching above base of anthers; branches 5–6 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, truncate, (10–)14–20 mm. <b>Seeds</b> angular. <b>2n</b> = 56.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Woodlands, prairies, and pastures
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Kans.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Okla.;Tex.
|discussion=<p>The flowers of <i>Nemastylis geminiflora</i> open midmorning and fade before sundown.</p><!--
--><p>There seems to be no merit in recognizing <i>Nemastylis</i> texana (E. Whitehouse 1936) for plants from southern Texas, said to have steel-blue flowers, more frequently found in oak woodlands than in prairies. Reports in the literature of <i>N. geminiflora</i> from Tennessee appear to be incorrect, possibly based on an early record from “E. Tennessee” (Dr. Eight s.n., NY). <i>Ixia acuta</i> W. P. C. Barton 1822 (not Lichtenstein ex Roemer & Schultes 1817) is an illegitimate name that pertains here.</p>
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name=Nemastylis geminiflora
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Calydorea texana;Nemastylis acuta
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Woodlands, prairies, and pastures
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Kans.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Okla.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.,
|publication year=1837
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Nemastylis
|species=Nemastylis geminiflora
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