Lila de los llanos

Anthericum chandleri Greenman & C. H. Thompson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1: 405. 1914

Storage roots enlarged 2–8 cm from corms, 2–5 cm, or thickened throughout. Leaves: basal (2–)5–12, 15–50 cm × 4–12(–16) mm, blade narrowly linear to narrowly elliptic, margins entire, often short-ciliate; cauline 1–5, 6.5–27 cm, blade long-acuminate, the proximal usually exceeding next node. Inflorescence 1, 0–4-branched, 18–76 cm, glabrous or scabrescent. Flowers facing outward or somewhat declinate; tepals elliptic, 10–20 mm, outer 2.5–4.5 mm wide, inner 4.5–8 mm wide; filaments inserted in covered pits, narrowly cylindric, (4–)5–9.5 mm; anthers distinct, usually not versatile, usually twisted and/or reflexed, thus appearing versatile, 2–3 mm; ovary 2–5 mm. Capsules broadly oblong to oblong, 8–14 × 5–7 mm.

Flowering Apr, May, Aug--Dec. Coastal plains, piedmont; 0--1000 m; Tex.; Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas).