Flora of North America species comparison

slender, usually branching, 3–9 dm.

usually not branching, straight, scapelike, stout, 1–3 dm.

basal withering, 2–4 dm;

blade linear to lanceolate.

basal 1–3 dm × 5–15 mm, usually shorter than stem.

2–6-flowered;

bracts resembling distal cauline leaves.

subumbellate, 1–5-flowered;

bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, unequal, 1–5 cm, apex acuminate;

peduncle stout, becoming strongly deflexed in fruit.

erect;

perianth open, broadly campanulate;

sepals ovate to lanceolate, attenuate, 2–3 cm;

petals orange-yellow, flecked, broadly cuneate or obovate, ca. 2–3 cm, adaxially bearded with long yellow hairs, margins often red-brown, dentate or fringed;

glands round, slightly depressed, ± glabrous, surrounded by ring of long, dense, obscuring yellow hairs;

filaments 8–12 mm;

anthers lanceolate-oblong, apex acute.

erect or spreading;

perianth yellowish white, sometimes streaked with purple, open, campanulate;

sepals shorter than petals;

petals oblong-lanceolate, clawed, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins fringed laterally and moderately bearded on proximal 1/2 distal to claw with slender, flexuous hairs, apex acute or obtuse;

glands short, nearly round, depressed, typically bordered proximally by dark-colored, deeply fringed membrane, adaxial surface covered with short, thick hairs;

filaments shorter than or equaling anthers;

anthers lanceolate, apex long-apiculate.

erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute.

nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, apex acute.

light beige.

light brown, irregular.

= 18.

= 20.