Flora of North America species comparison

absent.

absent.

racemes, erect at emergence from soil, axis fleshy and fibrous, persistent after seed dispersal, white with red to maroon vertical stripes, 0.5–1 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower.

erect, somewhat elongated in fruit;

bracteoles absent.

radially symmetric, erect to spreading;

sepals absent, rarely 2–5, distinct, linear to filiform;

petals 5, distinct, white, without basal tubercles, (surfaces glabrous), corolla crateriform;

intrastaminal nectary disc present;

stamens 10, exserted;

filaments terete, glabrous;

anthers ovoid, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 2 oval slits;

pistil 5-carpellate;

ovary 5-locular;

placentation axile;

style straight, stout;

stigma peltate, without subtending ring of hairs.

capsular, erect, dehiscence basipetally loculicidal, no cobwebby tissue exposed by splitting valves at dehiscence.

100+, fusiform, mostly narrowly winged.

= 13.