Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt.

Prairie pleatleaf

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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 398, 399 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.

The flowers of Nemastylis geminiflora open midmorning and fade before sundown.

There seems to be no merit in recognizing Nemastylis 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 N. geminiflora from Tennessee appear to be incorrect, possibly based on an early record from “E. Tennessee” (Dr. Eight s.n., NY).

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Missouri Botanical Garden external link
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eFloras.org Copyright © Missouri Botanical Garden. Some rights reserved external link
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Flora of North America @ eFloras.org external link
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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 398, 399 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.

Plants slender, 12–40 cm. Bulbs 20–30 mm diam. Stems sturdy, usually branched, mainly from base. Leaves usually 3; blade linear to ensiform, usually exceeding rhipidia, 4–20 mm wide. Rhipidia usually 2-flowered; outer spathe 20–35 mm, inner 30–55 mm, apex dry. Tepals 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. Capsules ovoid, truncate, (10–)14–20 mm. Seeds angular. 2n = 56.
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"Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt.". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/486738". Accessed 18 Mar 2010.