Flora of North America species comparison

seldom clustered, globose, 1–5 cm diam.

sometimes clustered, ovoid, 1–3 cm diam.

usually fewer than 10, 1–6 dm × 4–20 mm.

3–8, 2–6 dm × 5–20 mm.

20–80 cm;

sterile bracts absent, bracts subtending flowers usually equaling or exceeding pedicel.

19–47 cm;

sterile bracts 0–3(–5), bracts subtending flowers shorter than or equaling pedicel.

usually zygomorphic, sometimes actinomorphic;

tepals withering separately or connivent over capsules after anthesis, long-persistent on fruiting racemes, blue or bluish violet, each 3–9-veined, 12–35 × 1.5–8 mm;

anthers usually yellow, sometimes bluish violet, violet, or brown, 2.5–7 mm; fruiting pedicel mostly incurving-erect, occasionally spreading-erect, 5–70 mm.

actinomorphic;

tepals usually withering separately after anthesis, not deciduous, light blue, occasionally whitish, each 3- or 5-veined, 7–15 × 2.6–4.2 mm;

anthers bright yellow, 1.3–3.2 mm; fruiting pedicel mostly spreading to spreading-erect, 5–30 mm.

not deciduous, pale green to pale brown, ovoid, 6–19 mm.

deciduous, pale green to light brown, subglobose, 6–10 mm.

5–10 per locule.

2–5 per locule.

= 30.

= 30.