UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves basal, usually glabrous, the blades ovate to deltoid-elliptic, usually entire, narrowed abruptly to petioles + as long to nearly as long.

Leaves all basal, 2.5-30 cm. long and 0.7-7 cm. wide, petiolate, the petiole winged;

leaf blade narrowly to broadly elliptic or ovate, tapering to petiole, entire to dentate or denticulate.

Flowers 2-15 in an umbel, terminal on the scape, 4- or 5-parted;

calyx purple-flecked, with lanceolate lobes 6-8 mm. long;

corolla 15-25 mm. long, the lobes deep magenta to light orchid, grading to yellow at the base and on the tube, the base of the tube reddish-purple;

stamens clustered around the style, opposite the petals, the filaments united to form a tube 2-4 mm. long, deep reddish-purple;

anthers 4-6 mm. long, deep red to purple;

style single, slightly exceeding the stamens, the stigma not enlarged.

Inflorescence a 1- to 7-flowered umbel, with lanceolate bracts 2.5-10 mm. long; pedicles 0.5-4.5 cm. long;

calyx green, 5-11 mm. long, 5-lobed, the tube 1.5-2 mm. long;

corolla tube white with purplish, wavy ring, the 5 lobes magenta, 15-20 mm. long, strongly reflexed;

stamens 5, opposite the petals;

filaments distinct, dark maroon, 0.5-1.8 mm. long;

stigma not enlarged compared to style.

Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 7-12 mm. long, with the tip dropping off to release the seeds.

Capsules greenish to tannish with purple speckles, ovoid, 6-16 mm. long, glabrous.