Flora of North America species comparison

erect, to 100 cm, puberulent.

erect, to 100 cm, puberulent.

petiole 15–40 mm;

blade elliptic to ovate, 3–6 cm.

petiole 15–40 mm;

blade elliptic to ovate, 2–6 cm.

open racemes, axis recurved in bud, straight only 1–3 nodes distal to open flowers;

buds pendent, tip acute.

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

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

floral tube 2–3 mm;

sepals usually reflexed individually;

corolla rotate, petals reddish purple, often darker flecked or spotted, narrowly obdeltate to suborbiculate, unlobed, 11–25 × 7–18 mm, length 1.4–1.6 times width;

stamens 8, subequal, subtended by ciliate scales, anthers magenta or orange-red to yellow, pollen blue-gray or bright yellow to tan;

ovary shallowly 4-grooved, puberulent;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

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.

20–30 mm;

pedicel 0–5 mm.

20–30 mm;

pedicel 0–3 mm.

brown or gray, 1.5–1.8 mm, scaly-echinate, crest 0.1 mm.

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