Flora of North America species comparison

short, praemorse.

usually 1, 6-gonal in cross section, 0.3–0.5 dm at onset of anthesis, expanding to 0.45–0.8 dm, slender, glabrous.

distinctly petiolate;

blade bluish green, elliptic-ovate to ovate, 1.5–4.5 cm × 0.7–34 mm, base abruptly rounded to petiole, apex round-obtuse.

erect, fragrance sweet;

sepals spreading, flat, bluish green, lanceolate, 10–32 × 2–7 mm, shorter than petals, margins entire, apex obtuse;

petals very showy, recurved to erect-spreading, white, veins not engraved on adaxial surface, ovate-elliptic to oblong, 1.5–3.5+ × 0.8–1.5 cm, thin- to firm-textured, margins entire to slightly wavy, apex obtuse-acuminate;

stamens straight, 5–18 mm;

filaments white, slightly shorter than anthers, slender;

anthers straight, pale yellow, 2.5–11 mm, thin, dehiscence introrse;

ovary greenish white, ± globular, obtusely 3-angled;

style with tips spreading, elongate, 0.5–1.5 mm, slender;

stigmas prominent, recurved or curled, connate basally, white, linear, threadlike, 4–12+ mm;

pedicel erect in anthesis, rapidly recurving below leaves after pollination, 5–20 cm.

greenish white, odorless, globose-ovate, 0.6–1 × 0.5–0.8 cm, pulpy, not juicy.

= 10.