Flora of North America species comparison

1–4(–7), simple, rarely distally branched, 11–70 cm.

1–5, simple, sometimes distally branched, 9–45 cm.

blades of sterile-stem leaves narrowly elliptic to obovate, 2–12 × 0.5–3 mm, blades of fertile-stem leaves linear, 5–43 × 0.5–2.2 mm.

blades of sterile-stem leaves elliptic to obovate, 1–6 × 0.5–2.8 mm, blades of fertile-stem leaves linear, 5–32 × 0.4–0.9(–1.4) mm.

1–18 cm;

bracts narrowly oblanceolate or lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1.1–3 mm.

1–11 cm;

bracts narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1–3.5(–5) mm.

erect, 1.8–5.5 mm in fruit, sparsely glandular-pubescent, sometimes glabrous, hairs to 0.1 mm.

ascending, sometimes erect, 6–14 mm in fruit, sparsely to densely glandular-pubescent, hairs to 0.3 mm.

calyx lobes linear-lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2.1–3.5 × 0.4–1 mm, proximally sparsely glandular-pubescent, sometimes glabrous;

corolla white to blue, 8–14 mm, spurs straight or curved, 2–7 mm, abaxial lip 2–4.5 mm, adaxial 1.2–2(–3) mm.

calyx lobes lanceolate, 1.3–2.8 × 0.3–0.7 mm, sparsely to densely glandular-pubescent;

corolla blue, 5–9 mm, spurs straight, 0.1–0.5 mm, abaxial lip 3–4.5 mm, adaxial 1–3.4 mm.

oblong-ovoid, 2.6–3.9 × 2.6–3.3 mm.

oblong-globular, 2–3.7 × 1.8–3 mm.

black or gray, 0.3–0.5 mm, edges sharp, faces obscurely tuberculate.

black, 0.3–0.5 mm, edges rounded, faces obscurely tuberculate.

= 12.