Muilla transmontana
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Muilla transmontana is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Inland muilla. It is native to sections of the Great Basin
in Nevada
and in California
east of the major mountain ranges. It grows in mountain forest and scrubby high desert and plateau habitat.
It is a perennial plant growing from a corm
and producing an erect flowering stem up to half a meter tall. The onionlike leaves at the base of the stem are 20 to 60 centimeters long. The flowering stem bears an umbel
-shaped array of 12 to 30 flowers on pedicels
up to 3 centimeters long. Each flower has six tepal
s which are white, turning pale purple as they dry, and just under a centimeter in length. At the center of the flower are six erect stamen
s with filaments expanded at the base and fused into a low cup around the gynoecium
.
Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America and is noted for its arid conditions and Basin and Range topography that varies from the North American low point at Badwater Basin to the highest point of the contiguous United States, less than away at the...
in Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
and in 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...
east of the major mountain ranges. It grows in mountain forest and scrubby high desert and plateau habitat.
It is a perennial plant growing from a corm
Corm
A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat ....
and producing an erect flowering stem up to half a meter tall. The onionlike leaves at the base of the stem are 20 to 60 centimeters long. The flowering stem bears an umbel
Umbel
An umbel is an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs....
-shaped array of 12 to 30 flowers on pedicels
Pedicel (botany)
A pedicel is a stem that attaches single flowers to the main stem of the inflorescence. It is the branches or stalks that hold each flower in an inflorescence that contains more than one flower....
up to 3 centimeters long. Each flower has six tepal
Tepal
Tepals are elements of the perianth, or outer part of a flower, which include the petals or sepals. The term tepal is more often applied specifically when all segments of the perianth are of similar shape and color, or undifferentiated, which is called perigone...
s which are white, turning pale purple as they dry, and just under a centimeter in length. At the center of the flower are six erect stamen
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
s with filaments expanded at the base and fused into a low cup around the gynoecium
Gynoecium
Gynoecium is most commonly used as a collective term for all carpels in a flower. A carpel is the ovule and seed producing reproductive organ in flowering plants. Carpels are derived from ovule-bearing leaves which evolved to form a closed structure containing the ovules...
.