Flora of North America species comparison

(1–)1.5–5 mm thick, fleshy.

not flexuous, 5–40 cm;

internodes usually glabrous.

absent or 2–7 cm in flower, to 20 cm in fruit, shaggy pilose to villous.

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.

blade green, linear-lanceolate, 4–30 × 0.9–2.5 cm (distal leaf blades equal to or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), margins frequently clear or edged with rose, laxly and irregularly pilose or villous.

terminal;

bracts foliaceous.

terminal, solitary;

bracts foliaceous, well developed, not saccate, sparsely to densely pilose.

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 4–6 cm, laxly pilose;

sepals usually purple or rose-colored (rarely pale green), not inflated, 1.2–1.6 cm, uniformly eglandular-pilose;

petals distinct, deep rose or purple, or frequently blue, broadly ovate, not clawed, 1.8–2.2 cm;

stamens free;

filaments bearded.

5–7 mm.

5–7 mm.

2–3 mm.

2–3 mm.

= 12.

= 24.