Flora of North America species comparison

erect, to 100 cm, puberulent.

erect or decumbent, to 60 cm, puberulent.

petiole 15–50 mm;

blade elliptic to ovate, 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 2–4 mm;

sepals reflexed individually;

corolla rotate, petals lavender-purple, mottled or spotted with reddish purple, ± rhombic, unlobed, 7–14 × 3–7 mm, length 1.9–3 times width;

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

ovary shallowly 4-grooved;

stigma not or rarely 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.

10–20 mm;

pedicel 1–4 mm.

15–20 mm.

brown or gray, 1–1.5 mm, scaly-echinate, crest 0.1 mm.

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

= 10.