Flora of North America species comparison

2.5–3 cm, tunic white to brown, with membranous scales.

basal;

blade linear, reduced to scarious bracts in inflorescence.

1 cm × 2–5 mm, margins undulate.

1–4 dm, branches few.

paniculate.

scattered at intervals along branches, 1–several per node, each subtended by small bract;

perianth white, purple, or pinkish;

tepals 6, distinct, linear to oblong, with nectaries at base, persisting in fruit and twisting together above capsule;

stamens 6, inserted on bases of tepals;

anthers versatile;

style slightly 3-lobed at apex;

pedicel articulate.

diurnal, occurring singly along inflorescence axis;

tepals recurved, deep blue to purple, subrotate, 5–7 mm;

stamens ca. equal to tepals;

anthers yellow, 1 mm;

pollen yellow;

style exserted, especially in old flowers, 5–6 mm;

pedicel slender, 4–10 mm, typically longer than perianth.

capsular, 3-valved, dehiscence loculicidal.

3 mm.

1 or 2 per locule.