Flora of North America species comparison

suffused with purplish violet.

16–100 cm;

proximal internodes glabrous, distal glabrous to densely eglandular-puberulent.

spirally arranged;

blade not variegated, suffused with purplish violet, lanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, (4–)7–15 × 1.5–3 cm (distal leaf blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), base symmetric, rounded to broadly cuneate, margins ciliate or ciliolate, apex acute, glabrous or glabrescent.

spirally arranged, sessile (with sheaths ± saccate);

blade linear-lanceolate, 10–40 × 0.5–2.5 cm (distal leaf blades equal to or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), glaucous, glabrous or adaxially densely and minutely eglandular-velvety.

terminal, often becoming leaf-opposed, pedunculate;

peduncles (3.5–)4–13 cm;

bracts similar to leaves but usually greatly reduced.

terminal, axillary;

bracts reduced, bases saccate, minutely velvety.

subsessile;

pedicels 4–9 mm, densely white-pilose at summit;

sepals distinct, 7–10 mm, pilose basally;

petals ± connate at base, pink, clawed, 1.5–2 cm;

stamens epipetalous;

filaments very sparsely bearded.

distinctly pedicillate;

pedicels 0.9–2.8 cm, densely eglandular-puberulent;

sepals 5–13 mm, densely, minutely eglandular-puberulent;

petals distinct, magenta to blue or violet, broadly obovate, not clawed, 1.5–1.8 cm;

stamens free;

filaments bearded.

3.5 mm, glabrous.

6–7 mm.

2.5–3 mm.

2–3 mm.

= 24 (Mexico).

= 12.