Flora of North America species comparison

± slender, usually branching, 1–4 dm.

usually not branching or twisted, 1–4 dm.

basal persistent, 1–4 dm;

blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat;

cauline bractlike.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.

± umbellate, 1–several-flowered.

1–4-flowered;

bracts 2–4 cm.

erect or spreading;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals 10–15 mm;

petals white to pinkish or purplish, obovate, 12–25 mm, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins ciliate;

glands bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs;

anthers lanceolate, apex acute to apiculate.

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.

nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm.

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

deep purple, dark brown in age, irregular.

yellow, flat.

= 20.

= 14.