Flora of North America species comparison

usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm.

slender, branching, straight, 3–6 dm.

basal withering, 0.5–1 dm;

blade linear.

basal withering, 2–3 dm;

blade linear-lanceolate.

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 3–5 cm.

2–6-flowered.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals lanceolate, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate;

petals purple, with median green stripe on abaxial surface, obovate, 4–6 cm, bearded distal to gland, apex acuminate;

glands triangular-sagittate, slightly depressed, densely covered with slender hairs;

filaments 8–9 mm;

anthers lanceolate-linear, ca. 1 cm, apex obtuse.

erect;

perianth opening flat, campanulate;

sepals often reflexed, lanceolate, 1–3 cm, glabrous, apex long-tapered;

petals yellow to deep orange, purple-brown at tip, oblong-ovate, 1–2 cm, conspicuously bearded, margins fringed or dentate, apex fringed with hairy tufts;

glands round, slightly depressed, glabrous, surrounded and obscured by ring of slender, dense hairs united at base;

filaments 7–8 mm;

anthers oblong, apex acute.

erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate.

erect, linear, 3-angled, 3–4 cm, apex acute.

flat, inflated.

light yellow, translucent.

= 14.

= 18.