Flora of North America species comparison

4–25 cm, slender.

10–50 cm, stout.

24–38 mm;

perianth bluish violet, bluish purple, rosy purple, or rose, tube ovoid to campanulate, 6–13 cm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 12–25 mm;

filaments 3–4 mm, base dilated to form triangular flap;

anthers linear, 5–7 mm, apex hooked or rounded;

staminodia curving inward toward stamens overall but curving outward at apex, white or pink, broad, 10–11 mm, margins 3/4 involute, apex rounded;

ovary 6–9 mm;

style 6–11 mm;

pedicel 1–5 cm.

24–38 mm;

perianth bluish purple to violet, tube funnelform, 8–19 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 15–30 mm;

filaments 4–6 mm, base not triangular;

anthers linear, 4–10 mm, apex rounded;

staminodia erect or slightly recurved distally, distant from stamens, white to pale lilac, broad, equaling stamens, 6–9 mm, margins planate or 1/4 involute, apex rounded;

ovary 9–15 mm;

style 7–15 mm;

pedicel 5–10 cm.