Flora of North America species comparison

erect, usually simple, 30–150 cm, with short, dense, eglandular pubescence, sparsely so toward base.

several, erect, simple proximal to inflorescence, 50–160 cm, glabrous to sparsely retrorse-puberulent proximally, more densely so and glandular distally.

sessile, 2 per node;

blade prominently 3–5-veined, ovate-acuminate, round at base, (4–)6–10(–13) cm × (20–)30–50(–90) mm, appressed-pubescent on both surfaces.

withered towards base at anthesis, in 10–20 pairs, sessile, gradually reduced distally;

blade 3-veined, lanceolate to ovate, rounded into base, 4–12 cm × 20–50 mm, apex acute, not acuminate, glabrous to scabrous-puberulent adaxially, scabrous-puberulent abaxially.

paniculate, narrow, many-flowered, open, bracteate, pedunculate, 10–50 × 3–5 cm, densely puberulent;

bracts narrowly lanceolate, 3–15 mm, apex acuminate;

peduncle ascending.

terminal, cymose, compound, many-flowered, bracteate, pedunculate, 15–25(–30) × 5–10 cm;

bracts lanceolate, 3–30 mm;

peduncle ascending.

ascending, recurved near apex, ca. equaling calyx.

1–4 times longer than calyx, stipitate-glandular, puberulent.

nocturnal;

calyx prominently 10-veined, tubular to narrowly campanulate and 6–9 × 3–4 mm in flower, turbinate and 10–12 × 4–5 mm in fruit, narrowed proximally around carpophore, veins parallel, green, broad, with pale commissures, puberulent, sometimes with few glands, lobes triangular-acute, 2–3 mm;

corolla white, clawed, claw equaling calyx, broadened into limb, limb obtriangular, deeply lobed, 7–9 mm, lobes ca. 8, linear, appendages minute;

stamens slightly longer than corolla;

styles 3, ca. 2 times as long as corolla.

calyx prominently 10-veined, tubular in flower, 18–25 × 3–4 mm, swelling in middle to 6–9 mm in fruit, umbilicate, constricted near base around carpophore, glandular-pubescent, especially on veins, veins green, lobes 2–4 mm, midrib lanceolate, margins often red tinged, broad, membranous;

corolla scarlet, clawed, claw equaling calyx, limb oblong to elliptic, unlobed, rarely emarginate or shallowly 2-lobed, 10–20 × 5–6 mm, apex rounded, appendages 2, tubular, 2–4 mm;

stamens exserted;

styles 3(–5), exserted.

narrowly ovoid, slightly longer than calyx, opening by 3 (splitting into 6) ascending teeth;

carpophore 2–2.5 mm.

ovoid-ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends, equaling calyx, opening by 6 (or 8 or 10) ascending teeth;

carpophore 3–5 mm.

dark brown, reniform, 0.8–1.5 mm, shallowly tuberculate.

dark reddish brown, reniform, 1.5–2 mm, with smooth and glossy, flat or concave sides, margins angled, shallowly rugose.

= 48.

= 48.