Flora of North America species comparison

erect, scabrous and sparsely puberulent.

erect or ascending, pilose and puberulent.

15–50 mm;

blade margins entire.

10–50 mm;

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

spikes or racemes, 2–15 cm;

bracts 10–20 mm, margins entire or 3-lobed in proximal 1/2, proximal resembling distal leaves, midlobe yellow-green to purple distally, narrowly triangular, 0.7–1 mm wide, apex acute, not cuspidate, lateral lobes linear to narrowly triangular.

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.

0–2 mm.

1–2 mm.

calyx 4–8 mm;

corolla 10–17 mm, longer than bracts, abaxial lip conspicuously inflated, lobes 3, triangular, adaxial lip yellow or purple-pink, 4–5 mm, 1–2 mm longer than abaxial, glabrous or puberulent, tip notably hooked, not bearded.

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.

4–6 mm, apex retuse.

6–7 mm, apex acute.

3–6, light brown, narrowly ellipsoid, 1.8–2.5 mm, shallowly reticulate, not ridged.

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

= 14.

= 28.