Flora of North America species comparison

10–45 cm, stout.

5–15 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 bluish violet, tube cylindrical or narrowly campanulate, 7–9 mm, thick, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 11–18 mm;

filaments 1–2 mm, base dilated to form narrow 2-lobed triangular wing;

anthers linear, 4–6 mm, apex with V-shaped notch;

staminodia leaning inward toward stamens, violet, broad, 5–6 mm, margins 1/4 involute, apex broad, hooded, slightly notched;

ovary light purple, 5–6 mm;

style 5–7 mm;

pedicel 1–4 cm.

= 12.

= 12, 36.