Flora of North America species comparison

(1.5–)2–4 mm thick, fleshy.

5–35 cm;

internodes glabrous or occasionally distal internodes sparsely puberulent.

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.

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

terminal and (rarely) axillary;

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

subsessile;

sepals basally connate, 4–5 mm;

petals pink, clawed, claws basally connate forming tube;

stamens epipetalous;

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.

3-locular;

locules 2-seeded.

4–7 mm.

2–3 mm.

= 12, 24.