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 basal, the blades oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2-15 cm. long, entire to denticulate, narrowed gradually to winged petioles nearly as long.

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.

Flowers 1-25 in an umbel, terminal on the scape, 5-parted;

calyx purple-flecked, the lobes 3-5 mm. long;

corolla 10-20 mm. long, the lobes purplish-lavender, the tube yellowish with a purple line at the base;

stamens clustered around the style, opposite the petals, the filaments united in a yellow, orange or purple tube 1.5-3 mm. long;

anthers yellowish to reddish-purple, 4-7 mm. long;

style single, barely exceeding the stamens, the stigma slightly enlarged

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

Capsule ovoid-cylindric, 5-15 mm. long, glabrous to glandular hairy, opening by valves to the tip.