Flora of North America species comparison

(1–)1.5–5 mm thick, fleshy.

(1.5–)2–4 mm thick, fleshy.

not flexuous, 5–40 cm;

internodes usually glabrous.

5–35 cm;

internodes glabrous or occasionally distal internodes sparsely puberulent.

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.

spirally arranged, sessile;

blade linear-lanceolate, 13–37 × 0.4–2.5 cm (distal leaf blades equal to or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), apex acuminate, glabrous or occasionally puberulent.

terminal;

bracts foliaceous.

terminal and (rarely) axillary;

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 1.2–3.5 cm, eglandular-pilose or puberulent;

sepals ± inflated, 7–16 mm, uniformly eglandular-pilose;

petals distinct, blue to purple, occasionally rose or white, broadly ovate, not clawed, 1.2–2 cm;

stamens free;

filaments bearded.

5–7 mm.

4–7 mm.

2–3 mm.

2–3 mm.

= 12.

= 12, 24.