Flora of North America species comparison

erect or decumbent, to 20 cm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent.

erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous.

petiole to 20 mm;

blade linear to lanceolate, 2–5 cm.

petiole to 5 mm;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm.

racemes, axis straight or recurved;

buds pendent.

open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.

floral tube 20–35 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side, not petal-like, green to magenta;

corolla rotate, petals pink, broadly fan-shaped, 15–25 mm, length equal to width, without claw, 3-lobed, middle lobe longer and much narrower, linear to oblanceolate;

stamens 4, filaments wider distally;

ovary inconspicuously grooved;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

floral tube 2–7 mm, with ring of hairs proximal to distal margin inside;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals purple to pinkish lavender shading white near middle, often reddish purple-flecked, base bright purplish red, 10–35 mm;

stamens 8, unequal, width of outer filaments about 2 times inner, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler.

15–40 mm;

subsessile.

20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm.

reddish brown, 2–3 mm, scaly-tuberculate, crest to 0.8 mm, conspicuous.

brown, 1–1.5 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest 0.1 mm.

= 14.