Flora of North America species comparison

erect, to 100 cm, puberulent.

prostrate or decumbent, to 90 cm, sparsely puberulent.

petiole 15–40 mm;

blade elliptic to ovate, 3–6 cm.

sessile or subsessile;

blade oblanceolate to broadly elliptic or obovate, 1–2.5 cm, apex usually obtuse.

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

buds pendent, tip acute.

open racemes, axis straight;

buds erect.

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 2–5 mm;

sepals reflexed in pairs or individually;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals lavender-pink shading white or pale yellow basally, unspotted, 5–11 mm;

stamens 8, subequal;

ovary 8-grooved;

stigma not exserted beyond anthers.

20–30 mm;

pedicel 0–5 mm.

15–25 mm.

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

brown or gray, 1 mm, scaly, crest inconspicuous.

= 34.