Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, 30–120(–150) cm, glabrous or puberulent.

erect or ascending, 10–80 cm, puberulent, glabrescent.

puberulent or glabrous;

proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3-lobed, lobes 1–2 mm wide;

distal 5–20 × 1 mm, margins entire.

puberulent, sometimes scabrous;

proximal 10–40 mm, margins 3–7-lobed, lobes 1 mm wide;

distal 5–25 × 1 mm, margins entire.

capitate spikes, 2–4-flowered, 15–20 mm;

bracts 1–3, flabelliform, 5–8 mm, margins 3–7-lobed, lobes green, narrowly ovate.

capitate spikes, 3–14-flowered;

bracts 5–10, 5–20 mm, margins 5–7-lobed, lobes purple or yellow-green, linear to filiform.

bracteoles 8–10 mm, margins entire.

bracteoles 10–20 mm, margins entire.

calyx 8–10 mm, tube 0 mm, apex 2-fid, cleft 0.5–1 mm;

corolla pale yellow to yellow with purple markings, 8–9 mm, throat 4 mm diam., adaxial lip 3–4 mm, ca. equal to and appressed to adaxial;

stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, unequal.

calyx 10–20 mm, tube 1–3 mm, apex entire or 2-fid, cleft 0–0.5 mm;

corolla pink to lavender-pink, usually spotted with purple, 10–20 mm, throat 4–6 mm diam., abaxial lip pink or yellow, 3–6 mm, shorter than and appressed to adaxial;

stamens 4, filaments hairy, fertile pollen sacs 2 per filament, equal.

oblong-ovoid, 5–8 mm.

oblong-lanceoloid, 7–10 mm.

4–6, dark brown, ovoid to narrowly reniform, 2.5–3 mm, striate.

10–15, pale brown, ovoid, 1.5–2 mm, reticulate.

= 28.