Flora of North America species comparison

erect, 20–70 cm, glabrous and glaucous distally, usually puberulent basally.

erect, 30–90 cm, puberulent.

petiole to 10 mm;

blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1.5–4 cm.

petiole to 8 mm;

blade narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, 2–4 cm.

open racemes, sometimes branched, axis straight;

buds pendent.

open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.

floral tube 2 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

corolla rotate, petals oblanceolate to obovate, 8–12 mm, claw tapered, shorter than blade, apex entire;

stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers orange-red, inner smaller, paler.

floral tube 1.5–2 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

corolla rotate to bowl-shaped, petals pale pink shading nearly white near base, purple-flecked, fading pink, oblanceolate or obovate to diamond-shaped, 6–10 mm;

stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers dark pink, inner smaller, paler;

ovary shallowly 8-grooved.

15–35 mm;

subsessile.

15–30 mm;

subsessile.

brown, 1–1.5 mm, tuberculate (especially on raphe), crest inconspicuous.

brown, 1 mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous.

= 36.

= 34.