Flora of North America species comparison

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

usually not branching but sometimes twisted, 1–2(–5) dm.

basal persistent, 20–35 cm;

blade gradually tapering distally, adaxially pubescent.

blade linear-attenuate;

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade channeled, glaucous.

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

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

subumbellate, 1–6-flowered;

bracts 2–4 cm, bases dilated.

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;

perianth open, campanulate, each member often with brown-purple blotch near base;

sepals ovate, 2–3 cm, apex acute;

petals orange to red or ± yellow, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm, with a few slightly enlarged hairs near gland;

glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with unbranched or cleft hairs;

filaments 4–5 mm;

anthers purplish, lanceolate, 5–8 mm.

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

erect, longitudinally striped, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–6 cm, apex acuminate.

light-colored, irregular.

flat.

= 20.

=16.