Flora of North America species comparison

usually not branching or twisted, 1–4 dm.

slender, not branching or rarely branching in axil of cauline leaf, straight, 2–4 dm.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.

basal persistent, 20–35 cm;

blade gradually tapering distally, adaxially pubescent.

1–4-flowered;

bracts 2–4 cm.

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 2, subopposite, linear to narrowly lanceolate, attenuate, 1–3 cm.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals with dark red or purple blotch near base, lanceolate, 1–4 cm, usually glabrous, apex acuminate;

petals white tinged with lilac, with longitudinal median green stripe on abaxial surface and dark red or purple crescent distal to gland, narrowly obovate, 2–4 cm, ± glabrous;

glands surrounded by yellow border, round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, unbranched or distally branching hairs;

filaments 5–6 mm;

anthers yellow, blue, or maroon, oblong, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals shorter than petals, ovate-acuminate, glabrous;

petals yellowish white, with purplish hairs toward base, broadly obovate, cuneate, inconspicuously fringed laterally, sparingly short-hairy adaxially, apex rounded;

glands transversely oblong, slightly depressed, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs, the bases of which unite at lower margin to form inconspicuous, discontinuous membranes;

filaments shorter than anthers;

anthers oblong-lanceolate, apex acute to short-apiculate.

erect, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate.

erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm, base and apex acute.

yellow, flat.

light-colored, irregular.

= 14.

= 20.