Flora of North America species comparison

2–10 cm, slender.

10–45 cm, stout.

14–24 mm;

perianth pale bluish to lilac, rotate, tube urceolate, strongly constricted above ovary, 6–10 mm, tough, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 11–17 mm, inner 5–7 mm wide;

filaments 0.5–4 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings, appendages absent;

anthers linear, 1–5 mm, apex hooked;

staminodia erect, held close to stamens, white, broad, 5–8 mm, margins 1/2 involute at mid-length, apex notched;

ovary 3–4 mm;

style 5–6 mm;

pedicel 1–3 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.

= 12.