Flora of North America species comparison

erect, to 100 cm, puberulent.

erect or decumbent, to 60 cm, puberulent.

petiole 15–40 mm;

blade elliptic to ovate, 2–6 cm.

petiole 0–5 mm;

blade linear to lanceolate, 1–6 cm.

open racemes, axis recurved only at tip in bud, straight 4+ nodes distal to open flowers;

buds pendent, fusiform, base slightly swollen, tip acute.

open or dense racemes or panicles, axis straight;

buds erect.

floral tube 2–4 mm;

sepals reflexed individually;

corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink, often dark-flecked, obdeltate to suborbiculate, unlobed, 13–19 ×7–12 mm, length 1.6–2 times width;

stamens 8, subequal, subtended by ciliate scales, pollen blue-gray;

ovary shallowly 4-grooved, puberulent;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

floral tube 5–15 mm;

sepals usually reflexed individually or in pairs, or rarely together to one side, tips not distinct in bud;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals lavender to wine-red, often shading white or pale yellow toward base, unspotted or with bright red or purplish red spot near or proximal to middle, 10–25 mm;

stamens 8, subequal;

ovary 8-grooved;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

20–30 mm;

pedicel 0–3 mm.

15–20 mm.

light brown or mottled with dark spots, 1.5–2.5 mm, minutely tuberculate, crest 0.2 mm.

brown or gray, 0.7–1 mm, scaly, crest 0.1 mm.