Flora of North America species comparison

not brownish-tomentose.

suffused with purplish violet.

unbranched or sparsely branched, 2–10 cm;

internodes pilose or villous.

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;

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.

terminal, often becoming leaf-opposed, pedunculate;

peduncles (3.5–)4–13 cm;

bracts similar to leaves but usually greatly reduced.

terminal;

bracts foliaceous, ascending, pilose, margins sparsely ciliate.

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 (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.

3.5 mm, glabrous.

4–6 mm.

2.5–3 mm.

2–3 mm;

hilum as long as seed.

= 24 (Mexico).

= 24.