Flora of North America species comparison

inconspicuous, slender or stout, unbranched or few-branched.

inconspicuous, slender or stout, unbranched or few-branched.

relatively few, loosely imbricate or more remote, loosely ascending to spreading;

blade oblong-lanceolate to awl-shaped, 2–10 mm, margins entire, often inrolled, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous.

few to several, erect or reflexed;

blade oblong-ovate to ovate-triangular or awl-shaped, (4–)6–12(–15) mm, margins entire, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces glandular-pubescent distally.

of solitary flowers or fascicles of 2(–4) at stem or branch tips, white to cream, sometimes purple tinged, simple, glabrous;

bracts loosely ascending and erect, oblanceolate to broadly ovate, obovate, rhombic, or awl-shaped, 5–12 mm, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous, rarely glandular-pubescent distally.

fascicles, irregular corymbs, or short racemes of (1–)6–15(–20) flowers at stem or branch tips, light yellow to yellow or tinged pinkish to reddish purple, simple, densely glandular-pubescent, sometimes glabrescent proximally;

bracts erect or ± spreading, oblanceolate to oblong, lanceolate, or awl-shaped, sometimes ovate, 7–12 mm, apex acute, sometimes acuminate, moderately to densely glandular-pubescent.

(8–)20–110(–170) mm, much longer than plant axis;

bracteoles 0.

10–70(–150) mm, proximal as long as or ± longer than plant axis, distal sometimes shorter;

bracteoles 0.

calyx white to straw colored or light yellow, or pale to dark, dull purple, sometimes brownish, ± radially symmetric, 4–12(–15) mm, divided into 5 subequal lobes, lobes slightly shorter than to 2 times as long as tube, ± triangular or subulate-triangular, sparsely to moderately glandular-pubescent;

corolla (11–)15–30(–35) mm, tube white to purple, blue, or yellow, sometimes lighter proximally or with light or darker purple or blue veins, slightly to moderately constricted above ovary, ± bent forward, glandular-pubescent;

palatal folds ± prominent, bright yellow, glandular- and/or eglandular-pubescent, sometimes glabrescent;

lips white, yellow, purple, or blue, sometimes with light or darker purple or blue veins, abaxial lip slightly to moderately spreading, sometimes ± recurved distally, (1–)2–6(–9) mm, lobes oblong-obovate to nearly round, apex rounded to bluntly pointed or shallowly emarginate (sometimes with 2 notches), adaxial lip slightly to moderately spreading, sometimes recurved, 2–6(–9) mm, lobes broadly oblong-ovate to oblong-semiorbiculate, apex rounded, rarely bluntly pointed or shallowly emarginate;

filaments glabrous, anthers included, glabrous or villous-tomentose.

calyx light yellow to orangish yellow, tan, or grayish tan, often purplish tinged distally, sometimes entirely pinkish purple to reddish purple or dark purple, ± radially symmetric, (4–)6–12(–18) mm, divided into 5 subequal lobes, lobes shorter than to slightly longer than tube, triangular to subulate-triangular, moderately to densely glandular-pubescent;

corolla (11–)14–30(–38) mm, tube white to cream or yellow, purplish tinged, or pinkish purple to reddish purple, sometimes with darker pink, purple, or brown veins, slightly to moderately constricted above ovary, ± bent forward, glabrate or glandular-pubescent;

palatal folds ± prominent, usually yellow, moderately to densely glandular-pubescent;

lips yellow or pinkish purple to reddish purple, rarely white, sometimes with darker purple veins, abaxial lip ± spreading, 3–6(–9) mm, lobes oblong-obovate to nearly round, sometimes oblong-elliptic, apex rounded or ± pointed, sometimes shallowly emarginate, adaxial lip slightly to moderately spreading or recurved, (2–)3–6(–9) mm, lobes oblong-ovate to nearly round, sometimes oblong-elliptic, apex rounded or ± pointed;

filaments glabrous, anthers included, glabrous or villous-tomentose.

ovoid to oblong-ovoid, 4–8(–11) mm.

ovoid to oblong-ovoid, 6–12 mm.

0.1–0.4 mm.

0.2–0.5 mm.

= 48.