Flora of North America species comparison

not obvious at anthesis;

roots tannish;

bulblets absent.

not obvious at anthesis or usually horizontal, relatively short and thick or elongate and slender;

roots usually white;

bulblets absent.

(1–)3–18(–20) × 0.5–4(–5) cm;

petiole usually slender;

blade oblanceolate to spatulate, base usually not decurrent onto stem, narrowing abruptly to petiole, margins usually entire, rarely finely denticulate, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes with sessile glands.

(2.5–)7–40(–53) × (0.5–)1–6(–7.5) cm;

petiole winged;

blade narrowly oblanceolate or oblanceolate to spatulate, base decurrent onto stem, usually gradually tapering to petiole, margins entire or crenate to serrulate, surfaces glabrous or glandular-pubescent.

(1–)5–18-flowered;

bracts usually narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, 3–22 mm, usually glandular, sometimes glabrous.

3–20-flowered;

bracts lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 3–17 mm, glandular-pubescent.

2–5 cm, sparsely to moderately glandular-puberulent.

2–7 cm, usually glandular-pubescent, rarely glabrous.

calyx light greenish, 5.5–8.5 mm, glandular-pubescent abaxially, tube 1.5–2.5 mm, lobes 5, 3–6 mm;

corolla tube yellow with dark maroon, thick, often wavy ring, lobes 5, magenta or white, 6–25(–30) mm;

filaments connate, tube yellow or dark maroon to black, 2.5–4 × 3–4 mm;

anthers 3–5 mm;

pollen sacs yellow or dark purple, connective yellow or maroon to black, transversely rugose;

stigma not enlarged compared to style.

calyx green, 7–12(–15) mm, usually glandular-pubescent, rarely glabrous, tube 2–4 mm, lobes 4–5, 4.5–8(–12) mm;

corolla tube cream or (rarely) yellow with reddish to purplish, thin to thick, often wavy ring, ring rarely absent, lobes 4–5, magenta to lavender or light yellow to whitish, 10–25(–27) mm;

filaments distinct or partially connate, dark maroon to black, usually 1–1.5 mm;

anthers 6.5–11 mm, (apex truncate to obtuse);

pollen sacs yellow or maroon, connective purplish, transversely rugose;

stigma enlarged, diam. no more than 2 times style.

yellowish or reddish tan, often suffused with purple, valvate or operculate, cylindric-ovoid, 8–16 × 4–7 mm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent;

walls thin, pliable.

yellowish tan to reddish brown, operculate or sometimes valvate, sometimes both on same plant, ovoid, 7–11(–15) × 4.5–7(–10) mm, glabrous or teeth sometimes sparsely glandular-puberulent;

walls thin, pliable.

without membrane along edges.

with thin membrane along edges.

= 44, 66, 88.

= 42, 44, 66, 86.