Flora of North America species comparison

20–55 cm × 3–10 mm.

10–30 cm × 3–11 mm.

10–60 cm, smooth except sometimes scabrous near base.

10–35 cm, smooth.

perianth lilac, bluish purple, pink, or reddish purple, 27–45 mm, tube strongly attenuate with slender base, 17–25 mm, hyaline vescicles present in tube, lobes abruptly spreading, 10–20 mm, shorter than tube;

stamens attached at 1 level, equal;

filaments triangular, widened toward base, 3–4 mm, apical appendages absent;

anthers bluish, 3.5–4.5 mm;

ovary 1/4–1/3 length of stipe;

pedicel 2–9 cm.

perianth pale yellow, drying purplish, 18–24 mm, tube ± cylindrical to narrowly funnelform, 8–12 mm, lobes spreading, lanceolate, 8–12 mm;

stamens attached at 1 level, unequal, alternately long and short;

filaments dilated entire length or narrowly triangular, 2 or 3.5 mm, sometimes with short, blunt apical appendages;

anthers lavender, 1 mm;

ovary equal to or longer than stipe;

pedicel slender, 1.5–4 cm.

= 16.

= 16.