Flora of North America species comparison

erect or rarely decumbent, to 100 cm, glabrous and sometimes glaucous or sparsely to densely puberulent, sometimes mixed with longer, spreading hairs.

erect, to 90 cm, glabrous or puberulent.

petiole 0–2 mm;

blade linear or narrowly lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1.5–7 cm.

petiole to 11 mm;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2–7 cm.

open or dense racemes, axis straight;

buds erect.

racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.

floral tube 2–10 mm;

sepals reflexed individually or in pairs;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals lavender to purple, purplish red, or dark wine-red, often with red or purple spot near middle, tip, or base, 9–25 mm;

stamens 8, subequal;

ovary 8-grooved, length less than 8 times width;

stigma as long as or exserted beyond anthers.

floral tube 1.5–10 mm;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals pink to lavender or light purple, often lighter toward base, unspotted or with red spot near middle or base, obovate or obdeltate, 6–40 mm;

stamens 8, subequal;

ovary 4-grooved, puberulent;

stigma exserted or not beyond anthers.

10–30 mm, beak 0–2 mm.

25–50 mm, usually wider distally;

pedicel 0–10 mm.

brown or gray, 1–2 mm, scaly, crest 0.2 mm.

brown or mottled with dark spots, 1.5–2 mm, scaly, crest 0.1 mm.