Flora of North America species comparison

erect, 30–90 cm, glabrous, glaucous.

erect, to 8 cm, glabrous or puberulent.

petiole 0–5 mm;

blade lanceolate, 2–9 cm, surfaces glaucous, glabrous.

sessile;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1.5–6cm, surfaces glabrate.

open racemes, axis erect;

buds pendent.

racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.

floral tube 3–4 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side, usually dark red-purple, sparsely to densely puberulent abaxially, without long, spreading hairs;

corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink, usually with dark purplish spot near base, ± diamond-shaped, 13–15 mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire;

stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers red, inner smaller, paler;

ovary with hairs as on sepals;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

floral tube 3–7 mm, puberulent with spreading hairs and shorter glandular hairs;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals pinkish lavender, lighter proximally, often with dark reddish spot at base, broadly obovate or obdeltate, 10–30 mm;

stamens 8, subequal;

ovary 8-grooved, sparsely puberulent, hairs mostly glandular;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

15–30 mm.

10–35 mm;

pedicel 5–15 mm.

unknown.

brown, 2 mm, minutely scaly, crest 0.5 mm, prominent.

= 18.

= 14.