Flora of North America species comparison

sometimes tuberous.

sparsely branched, 8–39 cm, scabridulous or rarely glabrescent.

blade linear-lanceolate, 1–10 × 0.15–0.8 cm (distal leaf blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), firmly membranaceous, glaucous, glabrous.

2-ranked;

blade lanceolate-oblong to ovate-elliptic, 5–10 × 2–3.5 cm (distal leaf blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), margins ciliolate, apex acute, glabrous.

terminal, solitary, or frequently with 1–3 axillary inflorescences from distal nodes;

bracts foliaceous.

terminal and axillary from distal leaf axils, 2–4 cyme pairs per stem;

bracts foliaceous or more commonly reduced (especially in axillary inflorescences).

distinctly pedicillate;

pedicels 0.8–1 cm, glandular-puberulent;

sepals frequently suffused with red, glaucous, 4–6 mm, glandular-puberulent;

petals distinct, bright blue to rose and purple, not clawed, 9–12 mm;

stamens free;

filaments bearded.

distinctly pedicillate;

pedicels 1–2 cm, glandular-pilose especially toward apex;

sepals 5–7 mm, midrib pilose with glandular and eglandular hairs;

petals distinct, white, not clawed, 9 mm;

stamens free;

filaments white, densely bearded with white hairs.

3–4 mm.

1.5–2 mm;

hilum much shorter than seed.