Flora of North America species comparison

2–10 cm, slender.

0.5–20 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.

16–33 mm;

perianth pinkish purple or rose, tube narrowly campanulate, 6–13 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 10–20 mm;

filaments 2–3 mm, base dilated to form triangular flap;

anthers linear, 3–6 mm, apex separated;

staminodia leaning inward slightly but held away from stamens, violet to whitish, broad, 4–5 mm, margins 1/4 involute, apex broad, slightly hooded, 2-notched;

ovary 7–9 mm;

style 4–9 mm;

pedicel 1–15 cm.

= 12.