Flora of North America species comparison

several, simple proximal to inflorescence, 30–80 cm, puberulent, becoming subglabrous near base.

simple proximal to inflorescence, 20–80 cm, glandular-pubescent, often subglabrous near base.

withering proximally, in whorls of 4, ± sessile to short-petiolate, largest in mid-stem region;

blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 3–10 cm × 4–40 mm, apex acuminate, puberulent on both surfaces, sparsely so adaxially.

basal numerous, tufted, petiolate, petiole ciliate, blade oblanceolate, 3–10 cm × 8–18 mm, base spatulate, apex acute to obtuse, glabrous on both surfaces, rarely puberulent;

cauline in 2–4 pairs, broadly petiolate to sessile, reduced distally, blade oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, 1–10(–30) cm × 4–16(–30) mm, margins ciliate, apex acute, shortly acuminate, glabrous.

paniculate, open, bracteate, bracteolate, branches elongate, puberulent;

bracts and bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 2–15 mm.

open, with ascending, often elongate branches, (3–)7–11(–20)-flowered, bracteate, glandular-pubescent, often densely so, viscid;

bracts leaflike, lanceolate, 4–40 mm.

straight, often with 1 or 2 pairs of bracteoles, slender, 1/2–3 times calyx, glabrous or scabrous-puberulous.

erect in flower, sharply deflexed at base in fruit, 1/2–1 times length of calyx.

calyx obscurely 10-veined, broadly campanulate, becoming obtriangular in fruit, 7–11 × 6–10 mm, herbaceous, margins dentate, very narrow, membranous, sparsely puberulent, lobes broadly triangular, 2–3 mm;

corolla white, ca. 2 times longer than calyx, limb obtriangular, narrowed into claw, divided ca. 1/2 its length into 4–12 lobes, appendages absent;

stamens equaling petals;

styles 3, longer than petals.

calyx green to purple, 10-veined, tubular to narrowly obconic in flower, 16–22 × 5–6 mm, clavate and swelling to 7–12 mm in fruit, glandular-pubescent, lobes lanceolate to oblong, 3–4 mm, margins usually narrow, membranous, apex acute or obtuse;

corolla scarlet, 2 times longer than calyx, clawed, claw ciliate, gradually widening into limb, longer than calyx, limb obtriangular to oblong, deeply 2-lobed with 2 small lateral teeth, 10–14 mm, glabrous or nearly so, appendages 2, tubular, 3 mm;

stamens exserted, shorter than petals;

styles 3(–4), equaling stamens.

globose, opening by 3 broadly triangular teeth;

carpophore 2–3 mm.

ovoid, equaling calyx, opening by 3 (or 4) teeth that sometimes split into 6 (or 8);

carpophore 2–3(–4) mm.

dark brown, reniform, ca. 1 mm, papillate.

ash gray, reniform, 1.5 mm, with large inflated papillae.

= (34), 48.

= 48.