Flora of North America species comparison

some tuberous, thick.

spreading and diffuse, much branched, mainly from base, pubescent with glandular hairs, eglandular hairs, or mixture.

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.

recurved and somewhat lax;

blade dark green to yellowish green, linear-lanceolate, mostly 20–30 × 0.5–1.0 cm (distal leaf blades equal to or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), sparsely to densely pubescent.

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

bracts mostly foliaceous, occasionally reduced.

terminal, solitary, or more commonly also with lateral, pedunculate inflorescences;

bracts foliaceous, similar to leaves in form, sparsely to densely pubescent.

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 2.5–4.5 cm, densely pubescent with medium to long, glandular hairs;

sepals 6–11 mm, densely pubescent with glandular hairs like those of pedicels, occasionally with a few eglandular hairs;

petals distinct, pink to dark blue, broadly ovate, not clawed;

stamens free;

filaments bearded.

2–4 mm;

hilum as long as seed.

= 12.