Flora of North America species comparison

erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous.

erect, 30–100 cm, glabrous, glaucous.

petiole to 5 mm;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm.

petiole 0–10 mm;

blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1–6 cm.

open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.

open racemes, sometimes branched, axis erect;

buds pendent.

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.

floral tube 2–5 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side, green to dark red, sparsely to densely puberulent abaxially, with longer, straight, spreading hairs to 3 mm;

corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink to salmon or dark reddish purple, triangular or diamond-shaped to suborbiculate, 10–25 mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire, rarely somewhat expanded at base;

stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers red, inner smaller, paler;

ovary with hairs as on sepals;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm.

15–30 mm.

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

brown, 1–1.5 mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous.

= 18.