Flora of North America species comparison

few to many, erect to ascending, unbranched or branched, hairs appressed to ± ascending, matted, long, soft, mixed with short-glandular ones, denser distally, sometimes obscuring surface.

few or several, ascending to erect, branched or unbranched, shiny proximally, glabrous proximally, hairy distally, hairs spreading, long, soft, eglandular, sometimes sparsely glandular.

green, sometimes brown, linear to linear-lanceolate, 3–7 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, involute, 3–7-lobed, apex acute to rounded;

lateral lobes spreading, narrowly linear, apex acuminate.

deep purple to green, linear-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, rarely broadly lanceolate, 1.5–4.5 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, flat or slightly involute, 0(–3)-lobed, apex usually acuminate or acute;

lobes upright or ascending, lanceolate, apex acute.

(3.5–)8–20 × 2–5.5 cm;

bracts proximally greenish, distally bright yellow, sometimes pale yellow to pale orange, sometimes aging white to pink, narrowly to broadly lanceolate or oblong, 3–5(–7)-lobed;

lobes spreading to ascending, linear, long, arising at or below mid length, apex obtuse to rounded.

2–12 × 2–6 cm;

bracts deep reddish or crimson, rarely magenta or dull orange, or proximally greenish near base, distally colored as above, oblong to broadly lanceolate, often spreading from base and exposing calyces, 0–3(–5)-lobed;

lobes ascending to erect, linear, short to medium length, arising near or above mid length, apex acute to obtuse.

straight but curved at tip, 30–41 mm;

tube 21–26 mm;

beak slightly to long-exserted, adaxially green to yellowish, sometimes aging pinkish, 10–15 mm;

abaxial lip white or yellow, sometimes partly green, darkening with age, only slightly inflated, exserted from abaxial cleft, 3–7 mm, ca. 50% as long as beak;

teeth prominent, petaloid, spreading, yellow, 2.5–6 mm.

straight to slightly curved, 20–37 mm;

tube 12–21 mm;

abaxial lip sometimes exserted, beak exserted;

beak adaxially green, 10–16 mm;

abaxial lip green, sometimes yellow, usually reduced, protruding through abaxial cleft, sometimes a little pouched, 3-lobed, 2–6 mm, 17–45% as long as beak;

teeth erect, green, whitish, or yellow, 1–1.5 mm.

green, pale green, or whitish, lobes colored as bracts, 12–18 mm;

abaxial and adaxial clefts 8–15 mm, 60–75% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 2.5–3 mm, 20% of calyx length;

lobes linear to very narrowly triangular (equilaterally triangular if very short), apex obtuse to rounded.

colored as bracts, 18–28 mm;

abaxial clefts 5–6 mm, adaxial 8–15 mm, clefts 28–50% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 1.5–6 mm, 5–25% of calyx length;

lobes long-triangular, apex acute.

= 24.

= 48.