UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves all basal, the leaves wedge-shaped to fan-shaped, 10-25 mm. long and nearly as broad, coarsely dentate with 7-9 teeth, with slender petioles of similar length, glabrous or with a few soft, brown hairs.

Leaves all basal, oblanceolate, 2-10 cm. long and 5-15 mm. wide, with 7-17 teeth, thinly hairy, tapered gradually to broad, winged petioles not clearly differentiated from the blades.

Inflorescence, calyx and fruits often bright red; inflorescence a cyme with up to 15 flowers, the peduncles slender, often with linear, entire bracts;

calyx lobed almost to the base, the 5 lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, sharply reflexed;

petals 5, white, aging to pink, 2.5-4 mm. long, the blade oblong-oval, rounded to a short, broad claw;

stamens 10, equaling the petals, the filaments white, club-shaped;

carpels often 3-5, fused only 0.5-1 mm., the ovary mostly superior, the carpels tapered to styles less than 1 mm. long.

Inflorescence an open, diffuse panicle extending nearly to the base of the stem;

calyx lobed almost to the base, the 5 lobes oblong-ovate, sharply reflexed, 1.5-2.5 mm. long, usually reddish or purplish;

petals 5, white, 4-6 mm. long, dimorphic, 3 much broader than the other 2;

stamens 10, the filaments slender and white;

flowers vary from all normal to mostly replaced by leafy bulblets.

Follicle 7-12 mm. long exclusive of the slender, divergent, stylar beaks.

Ovary almost completely superior, capsule 4-6 mm. long;

carpels 2, fused their length.