Flora of North America species comparison

10–50 cm, stout.

10–25 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 bluish violet, rotate, tube urceolate, strongly constricted above ovary, 6–8 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes spreading, 9–19 mm, inner 4–5 mm wide;

filaments 1–2 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings, appendages absent;

anthers linear, 3–4 mm, apex notched into V;

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

ovary 4–5 mm;

style 7–9 mm;

pedicel 1–3 cm.

= 24, 32, 48.