Flora of North America species comparison

10–45 cm, stout.

10–20 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 pale purple or lilac, rotate, tube urceolate, slightly contricted above ovary, 9–11 mm, thin, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending to strongly recurved, 9–11 mm;

filaments 4–5 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings, appendages absent;

anthers ± obcordate, 2–3 mm, apex notched into wide V;

staminodia erect, held close to stamens, white, broad, 8–11 mm, margins 1/2 involute at mid length, apex deeply notched;

ovary 4–5 mm;

style 8–11 mm;

pedicel 5–30 cm.

= 12.

= 12.