UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves somewhat leathery, long-petiolate, pale green above and deeper green beneath, the blade elliptic to oblong-obovate, 1-2.5 cm. long, with small, rounded teeth.

Leaves generally present, 3-13 cm long, glaucous, bluish;

blade 2-9 cm, round, ovate, elliptic, or oblanceolate, base generally tapered to petiole, entire to serrate;

petiole +- 1/4--1/2 blade. Inflorescence: 8--27 cm including scape;

flowers 1--20;

flower bract <=1/2 pedicel.

Racemes 2- to 8-flowered, pedicles 3-8 mm. long, with linear-lanceolate bracts nearly as long;

flowers 9-13 mm. broad, pale yellowish;

calyx lobes 5, rounded;

petals 5, 5-6 mm. long;

stamens 10;

anthers with straight tubes and terminal pores;

style curved, 3-6 mm. long;

ovary superior.

Inflorescence a raceme, somewhat erect, elongate;

scape smooth, glabrous, bracts generally 1 to numerous, deltate or lanceolate; 1 floral bract per flower;

flower bilateral, oftentimes open;

sepals 1.1--2.3 mm, deltate;

petals 4.1--8 mm;

anthers 2.6--4 mm.

Capsule 5-lobed.

Capsule, pendent;

valves opening base to tip, margins fibrous;

seeds numerous.

Herbaceous perennial or subshrub, evergreen, rhizomed; chlorophyllous, autotrophic;

stems erect, glabrous, often red.