Flora of North America species comparison

erect or decumbent, to 60 cm, puberulent.

erect to decumbent, 20–200 cm, puberulent.

petiole 0–5 mm;

blade linear to lanceolate, 1–6 cm.

petiole to 10 mm;

blade linear to lanceolate, 1–6 cm.

open or dense racemes or panicles, axis straight;

buds erect.

open or dense spikes or racemes, axis straight;

buds erect.

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.

floral tube 3–10 mm;

sepals usually reflexed together to one side, or rarely in pairs or singly;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals pale pink to lavender, usually with red spot or mark near middle, obovate to fan-shaped, 15–60 mm, not lobed, apex sometimes shallowly notched or erose;

stamens 8, in 2 subequal sets;

ovary cylindrical and 4-grooved or fusiform and 8-grooved, puberulent;

stigma exserted or not beyond anthers.

15–20 mm.

15–40 mm, sometimes broader distally;

pedicel 0–13 mm.

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

brown to grayish brown, 1–1.5 mm, scaly, crest 0.1 mm.