Flora of North America species comparison

erect, 20–70 cm, puberulent.

erect, to 100 cm, puberulent.

petiole 5–15 mm;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 2–4 cm.

petiole 15–40 mm;

blade elliptic to ovate, 3–6 cm.

open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.

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

buds pendent, tip acute.

floral tube 1–3 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

corolla generally rotate, petals usually arranged in lateral pairs, pink, usually darker flecked, oblanceolate to diamond-shaped, scarcely clawed, 8–12 mm;

stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler.

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.

15–30 mm.

20–30 mm;

pedicel 0–5 mm.

brown, 0.8–1 mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous.

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

= 16.