Flora of North America species comparison

(1–)1.5–5 mm thick, fleshy.

not flexuous, 5–40 cm;

internodes usually glabrous.

spirally arranged, sessile;

blade dull green, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, 9–27 × 1–4 cm (distal leaf blades wider than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), base cuneate to rounded, apex acuminate, not glaucous, glabrous or sparsely puberulent.

2-ranked;

blade lanceolate-oblong to ovate-elliptic, 5–10 × 2–3.5 cm (distal leaf blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), margins ciliolate, apex acute, glabrous.

terminal;

bracts foliaceous.

terminal and axillary from distal leaf axils, 2–4 cyme pairs per stem;

bracts foliaceous or more commonly reduced (especially in axillary inflorescences).

distinctly pedicillate;

pedicels 2–3.2 cm, minutely pilose;

sepals somewhat inflated, 9–16 mm, uniformly eglandular-pilose;

petals distinct, deep blue, purple, or rose-red, broadly ovate, not clawed, 1.2–1.5 cm;

stamens free;

filaments bearded.

distinctly pedicillate;

pedicels 1–2 cm, glandular-pilose especially toward apex;

sepals 5–7 mm, midrib pilose with glandular and eglandular hairs;

petals distinct, white, not clawed, 9 mm;

stamens free;

filaments white, densely bearded with white hairs.

5–7 mm.

2–3 mm.

= 12.