Flora of North America species comparison

10–50 cm, stout.

7–24 cm, slender.

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.

14–24 mm;

perianth rose to pinkish purple, rotate, tube narrowly cylindrical, not constricted above ovary, 6–9 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 11–15 mm;

filaments linear, 1–2 mm, base dilated to form triangular flap, appendages absent or narrow and inconspicuous;

anthers linear, 2–4 mm, apex hooked;

staminodia erect, held close to stamens, white, broad, 6–8 mm, margins 3/4 involute, apex 2-lobed;

ovary 4–5 mm;

style 4–5 mm;

pedicel 2–9 cm.

= 32.