Flora of North America species comparison

several to many, suberect or ascending, terete, 10–40 cm, simple or sparsely branched, usually glabrous and ± glaucous proximal to inflorescence, strigillose distally, sometimes densely strigillose throughout.

crowded distally, petiole 2–6 mm, blade narrowly ovate to ovate or broadly elliptic, often obovate in proximal pairs;

cauline 2–4.5 × 0.8–2 cm, base rounded to attenuate, margins subentire or finely denticulate, 8–12 teeth per side, lateral veins inconspicuous, 3–5 per side, apex obtuse proximally to subacute distally, surfaces glaucous and subglabrous to densely strigillose;

bracts narrower and much smaller.

erect racemes, simple, ± densely strigillose, rarely mixed sparsely glandular puberulent.

erect;

buds 6–11 × 4–5 mm, apiculate;

pedicels 4–8 mm;

floral tube 1–1.8 × 2–3 mm, with raised ring of tissue edged with spreading hairs at mouth inside;

sepals often reddish green, lanceolate, 9.5–14.5 × 2.5–3.5 mm, apex acuminate, abaxial surface densely strigillose;

petals pink to rose-purple, obcordate, 16–20 × 13–16 mm, apical notch 3.4–5.5 mm;

filaments light pink, those of longer stamens 9–14 mm, those of shorter ones 6.5–10 mm;

anthers cream, 1.8–3.5 × 1–1.9 mm;

ovary 6–12 mm, densely strigillose;

style cream to light pink, 14.5–18.5 mm, stigma broadly 4-lobed, 1–1.5 × 3–3.5 mm, exserted beyond anthers.

20–35 mm, surfaces strigillose;

pedicel 9–13 mm, bracts often attached 2–3 mm from base.

narrowly obovoid, constriction 0.6–0.8 mm from micropylar end, 2.5–3.4 × 0.9–1.4 mm, chalazal collar obscure, light brown, surface papillose;

coma easily detached, white, 6–8 mm.

= 36.