Flora of North America species comparison

several, erect, simple, 15–50 cm, puberulent, viscid-glandular distally.

erect, simple proximal to inflorescence, slender or stout, 10–80 cm, puberulent.

mostly basal;

basal marcescent, long-petiolate, densely tufted, blade 1-veined, narrowly oblanceolate, 2–10(–20) cm × 2–12(–20) mm, not fleshy, base tapering to petiole, apex acute to obtuse, finely puberulent on both surfaces;

cauline in 1–3 pairs, sessile, much reduced, blade linear-lanceolate, not fleshy.

2 per node;

basal petiolate, blade oblanceolate, 6–25 cm × 4–30 mm, retrorsely puberulent on both surfaces;

cauline in 1–12 pairs, usually sessile, blade well developed, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, oblanceolate, or rarely linear or linear-lanceolate.

1–5(–7)-flowered, with terminal flower and lateral, open, pedunculate cymes often reduced to single flowers, bracteate;

bracts narrowly lanceolate, 3–10(–20) mm.

cymose, pseudo-racemose, or rarely paniculate, erect or nodding, with 1–12 flowering nodes, 2–20-flowered, open or dense, flowers paired or in many-flowered whorls, bracteate, cymes often sessile;

bracts 3–60 mm.

erect, elongate, 0.5–4.5 cm, glandular-puberulent.

becoming deflexed at base of calyx, 1/4–2 times calyx, glandular-pubescent.

calyx prominently 10-veined, those to lobes lance-shaped broadened and thickened distally, commissural veins slender, not forked distally, campanulate, 10–12 × 3.5–5 mm in flower, enlarging to 15 × 10 mm in fruit, not contracted around carpophore, papery, margins dentate, glandular-pubescent, viscid, veins parallel, with pale commissures, lobes patent, ovate, 1.5–4 mm, rigid, margins broad, membranous;

corolla off-white to dingy purple-red, clawed, claw exceeding calyx, ciliate proximally, broadened distally, limbs erect, 2–4-lobed, less than 1/2 length of calyx, lobes 2–5 mm, appendages 2–4, 0.5–1 mm;

stamens slightly exserted;

filaments lanate, expanded at base;

styles 3–5, ± equaling calyx.

shortly pedicellate or sessile;

calyx prominently 10-veined, campanulate or tubular in flower, clavate, turbinate, or fusiform in fruit, constricted or not at base around carpophore in fruit, 8–20 × 3–8 mm, veins parallel, purplish or green, with pale commissures;

lobes lanceolate, 2–5 mm, apex obtuse with broad membranous margin and tip;

corolla white, greenish white, or pink, sometimes tinged pink or purple, clawed, claw longer than calyx, limb deeply 2–4-lobed, often with smaller lateral teeth, 2.5–8 mm, appendages 1–3 mm;

stamens ± equaling corolla claw;

styles 3–4, ± equaling corolla claw.

slightly longer than calyx, opening by 3–5 teeth;

carpophore 1.5–2.5 mm.

ovoid to ellipsoid, equaling or slightly longer than calyx, opening by 6 or 8 teeth;

carpophore 1.5–6 mm.

brown, reniform, 1.2–2 mm, margins with large, inflated papillae, rugose on sides.

brown or grayish brown, reniform, 1–1.5 mm, margins papillate, rugose on sides.

= 48.