Flora of North America species comparison

without persistent leaf bases.

proximal blades 10–30 cm × 3–15 mm.

proximal blades 25–45 cm × 3–20 mm.

loosely racemose to paniculate, 10–50-flowered, with 1–4 branches, 0.9–2.5 dm × 3–6 cm.

racemose to paniculate, 15–30-flowered, with 1–4 branches.

perianth perigynous, rotate to rotate-campanulate, 15–20 mm diam.;

tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored to greenish, ovate, 7–12 × 4–5 mm, somewhat narrowed at base;

gland 1, obcordate;

pedicel erect at anthesis, 1–2.3 cm, bracts often tinged with purple or pink, ovate, 5–20 mm.

nodding;

perianth perigynous, campanulate, 4–8 mm diam.;

tepals greenish, sometimes tinged with purple, ovate, 4–6 × 1.5–3 mm, somewhat narrowed at base, apex narrowly obtuse;

gland 1, obcordate, thick;

pedicel recurved at anthesis, 1.5–2 cm, bracts often tinged with purple or pink, ovate, 5–20 mm.

narrowly conic, 10–20 mm.

narrowly conic, 10–20 mm.

= 32.

= 32.