Flora of North America species comparison

erect or suberect, to 71(–140) cm;

sterile stems to 18 cm.

erect, 49–150 cm;

sterile stems to 15 cm.

of fertile stems: blade oblanceolate to linear, usually flat, 5–45(–60) × 0.8–4(–8) mm, apex acute or subobtuse.

of fertile stems: blade ovate to lanceolate, flat, 10–65 × 3–31 mm, apex acute.

1–117-flowered, dense;

bracts linear, 2–5(–5.5) × 0.3–1 mm.

1–35-flowered, lax or dense;

bracts ovate to lanceolate, 3–20 × 2–12 mm.

erect, 1–3 mm in flower, 2–4(–5) mm in fruit.

erect-patent to erect, 3–22 mm in flower, 4–32 mm in fruit.

simple;

stigma entire.

simple;

stigma entire.

violet to purple, with yellow or lilac palate, 9–13(–17) mm;

tube 1.5–2.5 mm wide, spurs curved, 5–7(–9) mm, subequal to rest of corolla, abaxial lip sinus (0.6–)0.8–1.5(–2) mm, adaxial lip sinus 1 mm.

pale to bright yellow, (27–)28–49 mm;

tube 6–11 mm wide, spurs straight or curved, 11–30 mm, slightly shorter, subequal to, or longer than rest of corolla, abaxial lip sinus (1.8–)2–2.5 mm, adaxial lip sinus 2–3.5(–4) mm.

lobes linear to linear-lanceolate, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1 mm in flower, 2–3.5 × 0.7–1.2 mm in fruit, apex acute or subacute.

lobes ovate to linear-lanceolate, (1.9–)3–9.5 × (0.9–)1–3.5 mm in flower, 4–10(–13) × 1.5–5 mm in fruit, apex acute.

subglobular, 2.7–4 × 2.5–3.7 mm, glabrous;

loculi equal.

subglobular, 4–7 × 4–7 mm, glabrous;

loculi equal, rarely subequal.

black or blackish brown, subtrigonous or ± tetrahedral, 0.8–1.2 × 0.6–1 mm, with longitudinal marginal ridges and anastomosed ridges or tubercles on faces;

wing absent.

brown, brown-gray, or black, subtrigonous or ± tetrahedral, 1–2 × 0.8–1.6 mm, with longitudinal obtuse marginal ridges and anastomosed obtuse or truncate ridges on faces;

wing absent.

= 12 (Europe).