Flora of North America species comparison

not brownish-tomentose.

(1.5–)2–4 mm thick, fleshy.

unbranched or sparsely branched, 2–10 cm;

internodes pilose or villous.

5–35 cm;

internodes glabrous or occasionally distal internodes sparsely puberulent.

spirally arranged, sessile;

blade dull green, linear-lanceolate, 5–33 × 0.3–1.2 cm (distal leaf blades equal to or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), margins sparsely ciliate, apex acute to acuminate, pilose.

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, ascending, pilose, margins sparsely ciliate.

terminal and (rarely) axillary;

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

distinctly pedicillate;

pedicels (2–)4–6 cm, pilose with glandular or glandular and eglandular hairs;

sepals suffused with pink to purple, 5–11 mm, pilose with glandular, eglandular hairs, glandular hairs numerous, conspicuous, longer hairs 1.5–6 mm;

petals distinct, rose to blue or purplish, broadly ovate, not clawed, 8–16 mm;

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.

4–6 mm.

4–7 mm.

2–3 mm;

hilum as long as seed.

2–3 mm.

= 24.

= 12, 24.