Flora of North America species comparison

not brownish-tomentose.

sparsely branched, 5–45 cm, glabrous, or puberulent distally.

2-ranked;

blade lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–5 × 1–2 cm (distal leaf blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), margins ciliolate, apex acute, glabrous.

stiff;

blade bright green, linear-lanceolate, 15–29 × 0.9–2 cm (distal leaf blades equal to or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), apex long acuminate, glabrous.

terminal, becoming leaf-opposed, sometimes axillary from distalmost leaf axil, 1–2 cyme pairs per stem;

bracts mostly foliaceous, occasionally reduced.

terminal, solitary, sometimes also lateral and pedunculate from distal nodes;

bracts foliaceous, glabrous, or rarely sheath puberulent.

distinctly pedicillate;

pedicels 1–1.5 cm, glandular-pilose;

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

petals distinct, white, not clawed, 8–9 mm;

stamens free;

filaments white, densely bearded with white hairs.

distinctly pedicillate;

pedicels 1.8–3.3 cm, pubescent with mixture of glandular, eglandular hairs;

sepals, 10–13 mm, densely pubescent with mixture of glandular, eglandular hairs, glandular hairs numerous, conspicuous, longer hairs 1.5–6 mm;

petals distinct, usually bright rose, less commonly blue, ovate, not clawed, 18–19 mm;

stamens free;

filaments bearded.

5–6 mm.

2–3 mm;

hilum as long as seed.

= 12, 24.