Flora of North America species comparison

sparingly branched.

sparingly branched.

4–15 × 2–4 cm;

blade ovate to lanceolate, rounded to subcordate basally, abaxial surface veins and margins pubescent, hairs scattered, flattened, apex sharply acuminate, with (3–)5 prominent veins.

5–15 × 2–5 cm;

blade ovate to oblanceolate, rounded basally, adaxial surface glabrate or veins moderately pubescent, abaxial surface lanulose, densely so on veins, margins short-pubescent, hairs uniform, pointed sharply forward, apex narrowly acuminate.

1–3(–4);

perianth broadly campanulate;

tepals creamy white spotted with purple, ovate-lanceolate, abruptly narrowly clawed basally, 15–25 mm, apex acuminate;

stamens exserted;

filaments filiform, 15–20 mm;

anthers 3–6 mm;

ovary obconic to obpyriform, becoming 3-lobed after anthesis, papillose with ascending, stellate glandular hairs, ovules 2–4 per locule, horizontal;

style 1.4–2.3 cm, glabrous;

stigma 3-lobed.

1–3;

perianth turbinate, narrowed basally;

tepals spreading, greenish white to greenish yellow, linear-lanceolate to linear-elliptic, 15–22 mm, apex long-acuminate;

stamens included, 8–15 mm;

filaments narrowly dilated basally, 6–12 mm;

anthers 2–4 mm, glabrous;

ovary narrowly ellipsoid, glabrous, ovules 2 per locule, pendulous;

style stout, 8–12 mm, glabrous;

stigma weakly 3-lobed.

pale straw-colored, 3-lobed, 6–10-seeded, 10–15 mm, papillose with stellate hairs arising from papillae;

lobes subglobose.

bright red, 1–2(–4)-seeded, globose, 10–15 mm, glabrous.

4 mm.

5–6 mm.

= 12. 

= 18.