Flora of North America species comparison

15–50 cm.

ascending to erect, with decumbent branches, thickened at base, tapering toward apex, 10–35(–60) cm.

2.5–10 × 0.6–2.5 cm;

petiole 0.2–2.2 cm;

blade usually lanceolate to oblanceolate, sometimes elliptic, margins weakly serrate to sinuate-pinnatifid.

in a basal rosette and cauline, basal 5–10(–26) × 0.6–1.5(–3.5) cm, cauline 5–8(–15.5) × 1–2 cm;

petiole 0–12 cm;

blade lanceolate to oblanceolate, margins pinnatifid or sometimes coarsely serrate.

1–3 opening per day near sunset;

buds with free tips 0.5–3 mm;

floral tube 10–30 mm;

sepals 20–40 mm;

petals white, fading pink, 20–43 mm;

filaments 12–18 mm, anthers 5–10 mm, pollen 85–100% fertile;

style 19–67 mm, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis.

1–several opening per day near sunset;

buds nodding, weakly quadrangular, without free tips;

floral tube 26–31 mm;

sepals 19–26 mm, conspicuously maroon-spotted, each spot at base of a long hair;

petals white, fading pink to deep pink, broadly obovate or obcordate, 16–26(–36) mm;

filaments 9–15 mm, anthers 7–9 mm;

style 45–50 mm, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis.

broadly clavate or obovoid, 20–51 × 5–7 mm, winged, wings 2–4 mm, valve surface with prominent midrib, proximal stipe 8–45 mm;

sessile.

spreading, woody in age, curved upward, or distal end recurved, cylindrical, obtusely 4-angled, especially toward base, tapering gradually from base to apex, 30–80 × 2.5–3.5 mm;

sessile.

narrowly obovoid, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.7 mm.

numerous, in 1 row per locule, light brown to yellowish brown with dark purple splotches, obovoid, 1.6–2 mm.

= 14.

= 14.