Flora of North America species comparison

5–15 cm, slender.

10–25 cm, slender.

14–24 mm;

perianth bluish violet, tube cylindrical or narrowly campanulate, 7–9 mm, thick, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 11–18 mm;

filaments 1–2 mm, base dilated to form narrow 2-lobed triangular wing;

anthers linear, 4–6 mm, apex with V-shaped notch;

staminodia leaning inward toward stamens, violet, broad, 5–6 mm, margins 1/4 involute, apex broad, hooded, slightly notched;

ovary light purple, 5–6 mm;

style 5–7 mm;

pedicel 1–4 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.

= 12, 36.

= 24, 32, 48.