United States
Department of
Agriculture
Forest Service
Rocky Mountain
Research Station
Ft. Collins, CO
General Technical Report
RMRS-GTR-118-CD
February 2004
| Authors |
| Acknowledgments |
| Introduction |
| Species description format |
| Trees |
| Shrubs |
| Ferns & Friends |
| Forbs |
| Graminoids |
| Descriptive drawings |
| Collecting and pressing methods |
| Glossary |
| References |
Liliaceae Conspectus
| Species | Stems | Leaf and Bases | Leaf Margins | Flower | Fruit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disporum hookeri Hooker fairy-bell Diho |
BRANCHED; brownish (not green); hairy |
sessile; ovate-elliptic; rounded base |
strongly cilliate with forward-pointing hairs | terminal; 2-3 white bell-shaped |
smooth red berry from leaf axils |
| Disporum trachycarpum wartberry fairy-bell Ditr |
BRANCHED; brownish (not green); very hairy |
sessile; ovate-oblong; rounded base |
strongly cilliate with spreading hairs | terminal; 1-2 white bell-shaped from leaf axils |
pebbly yellow-reddish globose berry |
| Smilacina racemosa false Solomon's seal Smra |
unbranched; BROWNISH-GREEN |
sessile; broadly ovate slightly clasping bases |
smooth | terminal panicle of numerous white flowers | reddish berry (immature spotted) not attached directly to main stem |
| Smilacina stellata starry Solomon-plume Smst |
unbranched; GREEN |
sessile; lanceolate; hairy on leaf bottom |
smooth | terminal raceme of 5-10 white flowers on zigzag rachis | greenish yellow with 3 red stripes aging to black attached directly to main stem |
| Streptopus amplexifolius twisted-stalk Stam |
BRANCHED; GREEN |
sessile; ovate with obvious CLASPING BASES |
smooth | solitary greenish-white; borne on TWISTED STALKS below each leaf | bright orange berry on a twisted stalk |