Flora of North America species comparison

numerous, erect, simple, 3–15 cm, pubescent, viscid-glandular distally.

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

mostly basal, densely tufted;

basal numerous, pseudopetiolate, blade narrowly oblanceolate, tapering into base, 0.5–3 cm × 1.5–4 mm, ± fleshy, apex acute, puberulent;

cauline in 1–3 pairs, ± sessile, reduced, blade narrowly oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 0.7–2 cm × 1–3 mm, apex acute, puberulent.

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.

flowers terminal, solitary, or in single dichotomy, bracteate;

bracts leaflike, 3–15 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.

erect, ca. equaling calyx, viscid glandular-pubescent, hairs with purple septa.

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

calyx prominently 10-veined, campanulate, not contracted proximally around carpophore, 10–15 × 5–7 mm, papery, veins parallel, purplish, with pale commissures, with purple-septate glandular hairs (rarely septa not purple), lobes ovate, ca. 2 mm, margins broad, membranous, apex obtuse;

corolla off-white or tinged with dusky purple, clawed, claw equaling calyx, broadened distally, limb 2-lobed, 3–5 mm, appendages ca. 1 mm;

stamens equaling calyx;

styles 3(–4), equaling calyx.

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.

equaling calyx, opening by 6 (or 8) teeth;

carpophore 2.5–3.5 mm.

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

carpophore 2–3(–4) mm.

brown, broadly winged, reniform, 1–2 mm, rugose-tessellate.

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

= 48.

= 48.