Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, pilose and puberulent.

erect to ascending, pubescent and pilose.

10–50 mm;

blade: proximal margins entire, distal 3–7-lobed.

15–50 mm;

blade: proximal margins entire, distal entire or 3-lobed.

racemes, 2–6 cm;

bracts 10–20 mm, margins 3–5-lobed in proximal 1/2, proximal not resembling distal leaves, midlobe purple-pink distally, ovate, 4–6 mm wide, apex obtuse, cuspidate, lateral lobes narrowly triangular.

spikes, (2–)5–20 cm;

bracts 10–20 mm, margins 3-lobed in distal 1/2, proximal resembling distal leaves, midlobe green distally, triangular, 2–3 mm wide, apex acuminate, not cuspidate, lateral lobes narrowly lanceolate.

1–2 mm.

0 mm.

calyx 8–12 mm;

corolla 14–20 mm, equal to or slightly longer than bracts, abaxial lip inflated, lobes 3, triangular, adaxial lip purple-pink, 5 mm, 1 mm longer than abaxial, puberulent, tip notably hooked, not bearded.

calyx 5–8 mm;

corolla 10–15 mm, longer than bracts, abaxial lip inflated, lobes 3, rounded, adaxial lip golden yellow, 2–4 mm, equal to abaxial, glandular-puberulent, tip minutely hooked, not bearded.

6–7 mm, apex acute.

5–7 mm, apex retuse.

15–20, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1–1.5 mm, shallowly reticulate, not ridged.

20–35, yellow or dark brown, ovoid, 1.2–1.5 mm, reticulate, longitudinally ridged.

= 28.

= 28.