Flora of North America species comparison

10–45 cm, stout.

0.5–20 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.

16–33 mm;

perianth pinkish purple or rose, tube narrowly campanulate, 6–13 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 10–20 mm;

filaments 2–3 mm, base dilated to form triangular flap;

anthers linear, 3–6 mm, apex separated;

staminodia leaning inward slightly but held away from stamens, violet to whitish, broad, 4–5 mm, margins 1/4 involute, apex broad, slightly hooded, 2-notched;

ovary 7–9 mm;

style 4–9 mm;

pedicel 1–15 cm.

= 12.