Flora of North America species comparison

2–10 cm, slender.

20–30 cm, slender.

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.

14–20 mm;

perianth violet-reddish purple, tube narrowly cylindrical, 6–8 mm, transparent, splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 10–14 mm;

filaments 0.5–1 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings;

anthers linear, 3–5 mm, apex widely notched;

staminodia inconspicuous, reflexed against perianth, purple, threadlike, 2–4 mm, apex subulate;

ovary 4–5 mm;

style 6–7 mm;

pedicel 1–4 cm.

= 12.

= 24.