Flora of North America species comparison

4–6;

blade dark green, oblanceolate to broadly elliptic, 20–35 × 5–15 cm.

2–3;

blade pale green adaxially, oblanceolate to obovate, 8–20 × 2.5–6.5 cm.

in terminal, umbel-like clusters, 1–3(–5) lateral clusters usually present, 20–45-flowered;

bracts 1–3(–5), foliaceous.

1(–2)-flowered, erect;

bract 1, narrowly linear.

tepals deep claret red, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 10–18 × 3–3.7 mm;

filaments 7–10 mm;

anthers oblong, 1.8–2.8 mm.

tepals creamy white, broadly obovate to oblanceolate, 18–25 × 5–7 mm;

filaments 11–18 mm;

anthers oblong-linear, 3.5–5.5 mm.

blue to bluish black, ovoid, 10–30-seeded, 8–12 mm.

deep lustrous blue, subglobose to pyriform, 10–18-seeded, 6–12 mm.

3–4 mm.

3–4 mm.

= 28.

= 28.