Flora of North America species comparison

erect, to 100 cm, puberulent.

erect or decumbent, to 60 cm, puberulent.

petiole 10–30 mm;

blade linear-lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, 2–5 cm.

petiole 0–5 mm;

blade linear to lanceolate, 1–6 cm.

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

buds pendent, narrowly obovoid, tip obtuse.

open or dense racemes or panicles, axis straight;

buds erect.

floral tube 2–5 mm;

sepals reflexed individually;

corolla rotate, petals lavender-purple, often with darker spots, ± rhombic, unlobed, 10–20 × 6–13 mm, length 1.5–2 times width;

stamens 8, subequal, subtended by ciliate scales, pollen blue-gray;

ovary shallowly 4-grooved;

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.

15–25 mm;

pedicel 0–3 mm.

15–20 mm.

brown or gray, 0.9–1.2 mm, scaly.

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

= 12.