Flora of North America species comparison

1.5–2 × 0.5–1 cm;

bulbs 1–1.6 cm.

1/2–2/3 floriferous, 0.7–1.5(–2) m.

blades elliptic to oblanceolate, 20–50 × 3–10 cm, apex acute.

3–6 dm;

terminal raceme 1–4 dm;

secondary racemes spreading to ascending, 0.6–1.2(–2.2) dm;

tertiary racemes rare;

bracts lanceolate to subulate, brownish green, 2–6(–9) mm, floccose abaxially, proximally, and marginally.

elliptic-oblong, 18–25 × 10–15 mm, sparsely pubescent.

8–13 × 4–6 mm (including wings).

purplish maroon to chocolate brown adaxially, green abaxially, aging to dark green, obovate-oblanceolate, 5–10 × 1.8–4 mm, base gradually attenuate, not clawed, margins entire, apex obtuse;

glands dark purple to nearly black, obcuneate, not nectariferous;

stamens 4.5–6.5 mm;

filaments adnate to tepal bases, 0.3 mm from ovary base, dilated basally, 1/2 or more as wide as tepals at insertion point;

anthers 0.7 mm;

ovary conic-ovoid, finely tomentose, becoming glabrate;

styles 1.6–4 mm;

pedicel spreading to ascending, 2–11 mm.

= 16.