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Common Alpine-lily - Lloydia serotina
Other Names:
Gagea serotina
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value:
7
Agency Status
USFWS:
USFS:
BLM:
State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Lloydia serotina is a relatively common and widespread species of some subalpine and alpine habitats, especially on limestone-derived soils. While statewide population numbers are unknown, they are believed to be robust and well above the minimum levels needed to maintain the species' viability in the state. No significant and widespread threats to the species have been identified.
General Description
Glabrous perennials from a short, vertical, bulb-like rhizome wrapped in old leaf bases. Stems ascending to erect, 4–12 cm. Leaves few, alternate, linear, 0.5–1 mm wide. Inflorescence usually a solitary, terminal flower. Flowers regular, campanulate; tepals spreading, separate, oblanceolate, 6–10 mm long, white with purplish veins; stamens shorter than tepals; style with 3 short lobes. Fruit an obovoid capsule 6–8 mm long(
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Our plants are variety
serotina.
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
AK to NV, UT and NM (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 149
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Relative Density
Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Moist turf, meadows, rarely fellfields; upper subalpine, alpine, rarely lower in calcareous soil (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Stewardship Responsibility
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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Aho, Ken Andrew. 2006. Alpine and Cliff Ecosystems in the North-Central Rocky Mountains. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University. 343 p.- Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.
- Forcella, F. 1977. Flora, chorology, biomass and productivity of the Pinus albicaulis-Vaccinium scoparium association. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 99 pp.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Martin, S.A. 1985. Ecology of the Rock Creek bighorn sheep herd, Beartooth Mountains, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 152 p.
- Stewart, S.T. 1975. Ecology of the West Rosebud and Stillwater bighorn sheep herds, Beartooth Mountains, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 130 p.
- Williams, K.L. 2012. Classification of the grasslands, shrublands, woodlands, forests and alpine vegetation associations of the Custer National Forest portion of the Beartooth Mountains in southcentral Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 376 p.
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