Flora of North America species comparison

erect, to 100 cm, puberulent.

erect or decumbent, to 60 cm, puberulent.

petiole 15–40 mm;

blade elliptic to ovate, 3–6 cm.

petiole 0–5 mm;

blade linear to lanceolate, 1–6 cm.

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

buds pendent, tip acute.

open or dense racemes or panicles, 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 5–15 mm;

sepals usually reflexed individually or in pairs, or rarely together to one side, tips not distinct in bud;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals lavender to wine-red, often shading white or pale yellow toward base, unspotted or with bright red or purplish red spot near or proximal to middle, 10–25 mm;

stamens 8, subequal;

ovary 8-grooved;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

20–30 mm;

pedicel 0–5 mm.

15–20 mm.

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

brown or gray, 0.7–1 mm, scaly, crest 0.1 mm.