Flora of North America species comparison

10–50 cm, stout.

10–45 cm, stout.

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.

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.

= 12.