Flora of North America species comparison

10–45 cm, stout.

7–24 cm, slender.

24–38 mm;

perianth violet purple, tube cylindrical, 8–12 mm, translucent, splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 15–22 mm, usually less than twice length of tube;

filaments 4–7 mm, base not triangular, with 2 threadlike, forked appendages;

anthers obcordate, 3–6 mm, apex hooked;

staminodia erect, usually white, narrowly linear, 8–15 mm, margins 1/2 involute, wavy, apex rounded;

ovary 5–6 mm;

style 9–12 mm;

pedicel 4–10 cm.

14–24 mm;

perianth rose to pinkish purple, rotate, tube narrowly cylindrical, not constricted above ovary, 6–9 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 11–15 mm;

filaments linear, 1–2 mm, base dilated to form triangular flap, appendages absent or narrow and inconspicuous;

anthers linear, 2–4 mm, apex hooked;

staminodia erect, held close to stamens, white, broad, 6–8 mm, margins 3/4 involute, apex 2-lobed;

ovary 4–5 mm;

style 4–5 mm;

pedicel 2–9 cm.

= 12.

= 32.