Flora of North America species comparison

several to many, erect to ascending, unbranched, sometimes branched near base, hairs spreading, long, soft, eglandular, mixed with dense, short stipitate-glandular ones.

few to many, ascending to erect, often decumbent at base, unbranched, sometimes branched, hairs spreading, sometimes matted, short to medium length, ± soft, eglandular, often with a layer of minute-glandular hairs, sometimes woolly.

green, narrowly to broadly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 9–35 cm, not fleshy, margins wavy, involute, 0(–3)-lobed, distal sometimes 3-lobed, apex narrowly acuminate;

lobes ascending or spreading, linear to lanceolate, apex acute to obtuse.

green to purple, or grayish with dust and hairs, linear to narrowly lanceolate, (1–)2–5(–6) cm, not fleshy, margins plane, involute, (0–)3–5-lobed, apex acuminate to acute;

lobes divergent, spreading, linear, apex acute.

3–9(–18) × 2–3 cm;

bracts green to pale green to rarely dull purplish brown throughout, distally rarely with pale yellow apices, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic to sometimes broadly lanceolate, 3-lobed, wavy-margined;

lobes spreading or ascending, narrowly lanceolate, medium length, arising at or above mid length, sometimes wavy-margined, apex obtuse to acute.

3–18 × 2.5–6.5 cm;

bracts green to purplish throughout, sometimes reddish brown, pink, or lavender throughout, or distally white or pale yellow, sometimes distally dull pink, pink, salmon, orangish, pale pink-orange, buff, or cream, lanceolate, similar to distal leaves, 3(–5)-lobed;

lobes spreading, linear-lanceolate, long, arising at or below mid length, apex acute to acuminate, sometimes obtuse.

conspicuously decurved distally, 18–22 mm;

tube 11–14 mm;

beak exserted, adaxially green to yellow-green or yellow, 6–8 mm;

abaxial lip green, reduced, fleshy, included, 1.5–2 mm, 25% as long as beak, sparsely hairy, hairs spreading;

teeth ascending, green, 0.5–1 mm.

strongly curved distally, 35–55 mm;

tube 24–45 mm;

abaxial lip, beak, and distal portion of tube exserted;

beak adaxially green, yellow, pinkish, purplish, or whitish, 9–15 mm;

abaxial lip green, pale green, or purple, protruding, shelflike, 4–8 mm, 50–70% as long as beak;

teeth spreading, white, pale yellow, pink, or purple, 3–4 mm.

green or yellowish green, 15–19 mm;

abaxial and adaxial clefts 9–11 mm, 60% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 3.5–7 mm, 15–25% of calyx length;

lobes broadly or narrowly triangular, taller than wide, apex acute to obtuse.

colored as bracts, sometimes proximally white, 20–40 mm;

abaxial and adaxial clefts 12–20 mm, 40–60% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 5–15 mm, 10–25% of calyx length;

lobes linear, apex acute to acuminate.

= 24.