Flora of North America species comparison

large 3–9; small 1–9.

large 2–8; small 0–3.

0.8–2 dm.

1–4 dm.

2–4, alternate, 3.5–9 cm;

blade lanceolate-oblong, sickle-shaped, glaucous.

2–10, alternate, ± crowded near ground, 2.5–10 cm;

blade ovate, occasionally a few sickle-shaped.

nodding;

tepals purplish or greenish marked with yellow, lanceolate-oblong, 1.5–2.5 cm, apex not recurved;

nectaries green with maroon dots, broadly lanceolate, less than 1/2 tepal length;

style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm.

horizontal or nodding;

tepals white, with purple spots or lines and pink shading, 1.5–3 cm, apex often slightly recurved;

nectaries obscure, colored like tepals, broadly linear, ± equaling tepal length;

style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm.

broadly winged.

acutely angled.

= 24.

= 24.