Flora of North America species comparison

absent.

absent.

racemes, erect at emergence from soil, axis fleshy and fibrous, persistent after seed dispersal, bright red to dark orange, 2–10 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower.

1.5–5 dm, glandular-hairy;

bracts red, 1–8 × 5–15 mm.

perpendicular to inflorescence axis, often more erect in fruit;

bracteoles absent.

radially symmetric, horizontal;

sepals 5, distinct, lanceolate-ovate;

petals 5, connate, red, without basal tubercles, (surfaces glabrous), corolla campanulate;

intrastaminal nectary disc present;

stamens 10, included;

filaments broader proximally than distally, glabrous;

anthers elongate, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 2 terminal, porelike slits;

pistil 5-carpellate;

ovary 5-locular;

placentation axile;

style straight, stout;

stigma subcapitate, without subtending ring of hairs.

sepals 8–15 × 4–6 mm;

corolla 12–18 mm, base saccate, lobes reflexed, rounded to blunt;

stamens 8–12 mm;

anthers inverted at anthesis, 3–4 mm;

ovary 5–7 × 6–9 mm, glabrous;

style 5–8 × 1–2 mm;

stigma reddish, 2–3 mm diam.

capsular, horizontal to erect, indehiscent to irregularly breaking apart, no cobwebby tissue exposed by splitting valves at dehiscence.

persistent to disintegrating, 10–25 mm diam., walls brittle, segments not separating.

100+, ovoid, not winged.

0.5–1 mm diam. 2n = 64.

= 32.