Flora of North America species comparison

not disarticulating at each node.

blades obovate or spatulate, 1–2(–3) × 0.2–1(–1.5) cm.

blades lanceolate to ovate or spatulate.

bracts with or without awns.

cylindric, campanulate, or urceolate, occasionally ventricose basally, 3-angled, 6-ribbed, 6-toothed, with or without membranous or scarious margins continuous across sinuses;

awns unequal, typically with anterior one longest.

1;

perianth white, yellow, rose, red, maroon, dark purple, or lavender, thinly pubescent;

stamens 3–9;

filaments adnate at base of floral tube.

8–9(–10) mm;

tepals laciniate apically with distal segments linear, scarcely broader than lateral ones.

light brown to dark brown, lenticular or globose-lenticular.

= 40.