Flora of North America species comparison

solitary or few to many, erect to ascending, often leaning on nearby shrubs (var. jepsonii), unbranched or branched, often with small, leafy axillary shoots, hairs matted to spreading, short and long, soft, mixed with short stipitate-glandular ones.

few to many, short-decumbent, becoming upright-ascending, unbranched, hairs moderately dense, spreading to erect, medium length and long, soft, mixed with shorter stipitate-glandular ones.

green, pale gray-green, sometimes dull reddish purple, linear to narrowly, sometimes broadly, lanceolate, 2–10.5 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, sometimes ± wavy, flat or involute, 0(–3)-lobed, apex acuminate to acute;

lobes spreading, linear to short-lanceolate, often arising near mid length, apex acute to obtuse.

greenish to dull purplish brown, linear to linear-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 1–7 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, involute, (0–)3-lobed, apex acute, distalmost obtuse to rounded;

lobes erect, linear-lanceolate to narrowly long-triangular, usually shorter and narrower than central lobe, usually arising at or above mid length, apex acute to rounded.

3–30 × 1–7 cm;

bracts green or dull purple throughout, or proximally green or dull purple, distally bright red to orange-red, sometimes salmon, orange, or yellow, usually linear to lanceolate, distal sometimes broadly lanceolate to oblong or elliptic, 0(–3)-lobed;

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

2.5–8 × 2–5(–8) cm at midflowering;

bracts red to red-orange, crimson, or magenta throughout, sometimes green, pale orange, rose red, salmon, or yellow throughout, or proximally greenish or dull reddish, distally colored as above, lanceolate to elliptic or oblong, 3(–5)-lobed;

lobes ascending to erect, linear to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, short or medium length, arising near or above mid length, central lobe apex rounded to acute, lateral ones acute to obtuse.

curved proximally, straight to slightly curved distally, 25–57 mm;

tube 15–29 mm;

beak subequal to or exceeding calyx but abaxial lip, beak, and often part of tube usually exserted out abaxial cleft;

beak adaxially green, yellow-green, or yellow, 13–21 mm, margins red, orange, or yellow;

abaxial lip green, yellow, reddish, blackish, or deep red-purple, reduced, protuberant, forming a platform, 1–2 mm, 5–25% as long as beak;

teeth ascending, green, purple sometimes with reddish tip, yellow, or blackish, 0.5–1 mm.

straight or slightly curved, 24–45(–50) mm;

tube 22–38 mm;

beak and abaxial lips conspicuously exserted;

beak adaxially green to yellow, 8–11 mm;

abaxial lip ascending, green, sometimes yellowish or black, slightly inflated, visible through front cleft and subequal to calyx, 4–6.5 mm, 33–50% as long as beak;

teeth ascending, pink, white, or rose red, 1–4 mm.

proximally pale green, rarely pale purple, distally bright red or red-orange, rarely orange or yellow, or bright red or red-orange throughout, 20–42 mm;

abaxial clefts 13–27 mm, adaxial 7–17 mm, abaxial 40–70% of calyx length, adaxial 12–33% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 0–7.5 mm, 0–35% of calyx length;

lobes linear to narrowly triangular, strongly curved away from stem proximally and distally obviously curved toward stem, apex acute to acuminate to obtuse.

colored as bracts, 24–44 mm;

abaxial and adaxial clefts 9–18 mm, 30–45% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 1–4 mm, 5–10% of calyx length;

lobes lanceolate to ovate, apex rounded to acute.

= 24, 48, 72, 96.