Flora of North America species comparison

thick, brownish-tomentose.

spreading, diffusely branched, particularly at base, 10–30 cm, arachnoid-villous or rarely nearly glabrescent.

2-ranked;

blade variegated, abaxially reddish purple, adaxially striped green and white, lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 3–9 × 1.5–3 cm (distal leaf blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), base oblique, cuneate, apex acute to acuminate.

relatively lax and flaccid;

blade deep green, linear-lanceolate, 10–18 × 0.5–1.5 cm (distal leaf blades equal to or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), ± arachnoid-villous as on stems.

terminal, consisting of pairs of sessile cymes enclosed in sheaths of spathaceous bracts, pedunculate; spathaceous bracts foliaceous, reduced.

terminal, solitary, often with axillary, pedunculate inflorescences from distal nodes;

bracts foliaceous, similar to leaves in form, ± arachnoid-villous.

subsessile;

sepals basally connate, 4–5 mm;

petals pink, clawed, claws basally connate forming tube;

stamens epipetalous;

filaments bearded.

violet-scented; distinctly pedicillate;

pedicels 2–3 cm, puberulent or pilose with mixed glandular, eglandular hairs;

sepals green or suffused with rose or purple, 7–8 mm, pubescent with mixture of glandular, eglandular hairs;

petals distinct, bright blue, broadly ovate, not clawed, 13–14 mm;

stamens free;

filaments bearded.

3-locular;

locules 2-seeded.

5–6 mm.

2–3 mm;

hilum as long as seed.

= 12.