Flora of North America species comparison

absent.

absent.

racemes or cymes, erect at emergence from soil, axis fleshy but not fibrous, usually not persistent after seed dispersal, pink to cream, 1–4 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower.

erect, somewhat elongate in fruit;

bracteoles absent.

radially symmetric, erect;

sepals absent or 2–4(–5), distinct, lateral pair clasping corolla, canoe-shaped, other pair appressed to corolla, flattened;

petals 4(–5), connate, cream to pink, without basal tubercles, (abaxial surfaces glabrous, adaxial surfaces densely hairy), corolla tubular-campanulate;

intrastaminal nectary disc present;

stamens 8(–10), included;

filaments ± uniformly slender, hairy;

anthers elongate, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 2 elongate, gaping slits, sacs not connate;

pistil 5-carpellate;

ovary 1-locular;

placentation intruded-parietal;

style straight, stout;

stigma umbilicate, subtended by ring of hairs.

baccate, erect, (fleshy), indehiscent, (axis fleshy).

25–100, ovoid, not winged.

= 52.