Flora of North America species comparison

little-branched, (suckering at base), terete, 5–20 dm × 0.5–2 cm.

mostly simple, round, to 7 dm × 1.5 cm.

opposite, evenly spaced, the 1st simple, the rest mostly pinnate with 3 or 5 short-stalked leaflets;

petiole subterete, 20–100 mm;

blade and leaflets green streaked with purple, elliptic-oblong, 5–20 × 2–12 cm, margins crenate-serrate, apex obtuse, surfaces ± glaucous;

bulbils in notches of leaf margins.

subrosulate, crowded near base, simple;

petiole indefinite, broad, with clasping base;

blade green or gray-green, sometimes with maroon or dark green blotches, lanceolate, 15–50 × 5–10 cm, margins sinuate to coarsely crenate, apex acute, surfaces mealy, glaucous or not;

bulbils borne in notches of leaf margins, rooting while still attached.

10–25 mm.

5–15 mm.

calyx pale yellow flecked with red, inflated, 25–50 mm, (papery), tube 24–40 mm, lobes deltate, to 10 mm, shorter than tube, apex acute;

corolla with tube greenish white and exserted portion maroon, 30–70 mm, contracted basally, (sparsely glandular-puberulent), lobes oblong-ovate to triangular, 10–20 mm, apex acuminate.

calyx pale green, inflated, 18–25 mm, tube 13–15 mm, lobes deltate, contracted basally, 5–10 mm, shorter than tube, apex acute;

corolla yellow-green marked with violet-red, 40–50 mm, contracted basally, (sparsely glandular-puberulent), lobes triangular-ovate, 8–11 mm, apex acuminate.

open, paniculate, 1–8 dm diam.;

branches to 12 cm.

open, corymbiform, 2 dm diam.;

branches to 8 cm.

= 40.

= 34.