Hastingsia
Encyclopedia
Hastingsia is a small genus of flowering plant
s in the family
Asparagaceae
, subfamily Agavoideae, known generally as rushlilies. These are small perennial herbs endemic to serpentine soils of the Siskiyou-Klamath region in northern California
and SW Oregon
in the United States. They reach heights between 25 and 90 centimeters and have long linear leaves and racemes of small white flowers.
Species include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.In earlier classification systems, the species involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae...
, subfamily Agavoideae, known generally as rushlilies. These are small perennial herbs endemic to serpentine soils of the Siskiyou-Klamath region in northern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and SW Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
in the United States. They reach heights between 25 and 90 centimeters and have long linear leaves and racemes of small white flowers.
Species include:
- Hastingsia albaHastingsia albaHastingsia alba is a species of flowering plant known by the common names white rushlily and white schoenolirion. It is native to northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in wet places such as bogs and mountain meadows. It grows from a black-coated bulb a few centimeters wide and...
- white rushlily - Hastingsia bracteosaHastingsia bracteosaHastingsia bracteosa is a rare species of flowering plant in the agave subfamily of the asparagus family known by the common name large-flowered rushlily...
- largeflower rushlily - Hastingsia serpenticola - Klamath rushlily