Flora of North America species comparison

2–10 cm, slender.

2–3 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.

14–24 mm;

perianth purple or violet, tube narrowly campanulate, 9–12 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 12–18 mm, inner round, with widely rounded apex;

filaments 1.5–2 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings;

anthers linear, 4–7 mm, apex widely notched;

staminodia erect, held away from stamens, broad, 3–7 mm, margins linear, apex cuspidate;

ovary 6–9 mm;

style 5–7 mm;

pedicel 1–4 cm.

= 12.

= 32.