Flora of North America species comparison

(1.5–)2–4 mm thick, fleshy.

5–35 cm;

internodes glabrous or occasionally distal internodes sparsely puberulent.

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.

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

bracts mostly foliaceous, occasionally reduced.

terminal and (rarely) axillary;

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

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 1.2–3.5 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.

4–7 mm.

2–3 mm.

= 12, 24.