Flora of North America species comparison

slender, 40–55 mm.

ovoid, 30–55 mm, sometimes producing sessile bulbels.

slender, 30–50 mm.

10–25 cm;

blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, oblong to ovate, margins entire to ± wavy.

7–20 cm;

blade mottled with irregular streaks of brown or white, broadly lanceolate to ovate, margins ± wavy.

5–20 cm;

blade green, lanceolate, ± glaucous, base gradually narrowed to petiole, margins ± wavy.

reddish, 12–30 cm.

12–30 cm.

5–30 cm.

1–4-flowered.

1–3-flowered.

usually 1-flowered, sometimes up to 5-flowered.

tepals violet to pink, darker at tips, dark purple at base, broadly lanceolate, 18–35 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 10–14 mm;

filaments violet-purple, linear, slender, less than 0.8 mm wide;

anthers pale brown to purple;

style violet, 6–8 mm;

stigma unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm.

fragrant;

tepals ± white, bright yellow at base, pinkish in age, lanceolate to ovate, 25–40 mm, inner with small auricles at base;

stamens 8–13 mm;

filaments ± yellow, linear, ± slender, less than 0.8 mm wide;

anthers yellow;

style ± white, often bent to one side, 5–8 mm;

stigma unlobed or with lobes shorter than 1 mm.

tepals recurved, bright yellow with (in live specimens) narrow paler zone at base, or white to creamy white with yellow base, narrowly ovate, 20–35 mm, length at least 4 times width, inner usually auriculate at base;

stamens 11–18 mm;

filaments white, ± slender, linear, less than 0.8 mm wide;

anthers cream, yellow, red, or purplish red;

pollen yellow or red;

style white, 10–15 mm;

stigma unlobed or with slender, recurved lobes (1–)2–4 mm.

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

obovoid, 2–4 cm.

oblong to narrowly obovoid, 2–5 cm.

= 24.

= 24.

= 24.