Ipheion sellowianum 8 petals
totototo@telus.net (Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:45:29 PDT)

On 14 Apr 07, at 12:21, Diane Whitehead wrote:

Rodger Whitlock wrote:

A fuller genealogy is...

Don Elick
me
Ellen Hornig
Tony Avent

This refers to the four-petalled form, which is aberrant for a
monocot.

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I've just counted petals on the picture I took at the O'Byrne's
garden in Eugene, Oregon.

Eight.

I'd better look on the wiki and compare.

Four pairs is what I meant or, as another reply pointed out,
technically 4 petals and 4 tepals alternating.

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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate

on beautiful Vancouver Island