Flora of North America species comparison

proximal blades 5–50 cm × 2–30 mm.

proximal blades 10–50 cm × 2–12 mm.

racemose or paniculate, 2–80-flowered, broad, proximal branches 1/3–1/2 as long as entire inflorescence, spreading at 60°–90° angle.

racemose or paniculate, 40–100-flowered, cylindrical, 4–15 × 2.5–5 cm.

perianth hypogynous, rotate, 15–25 mm diam.;

tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored, 5–15 × 2–6 mm, outer very short clawed, inner distinctly clawed 2 mm;

gland 1, obovate, distal margins evident, dentate;

filaments straight, shorter than tepals, thickened proximally;

pedicel ascending in flower to perpendicular to stem in fruit, 10–50 mm, bracts green, somewhat falcate, 5–50 mm.

perianth hypogynous, 5–10 mm diam.;

tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored to greenish, ovate to elliptic, 3–5 mm, narrowed but not sharply contracted basally;

gland 1, obscure;

pedicel 1–2 cm, bracts often tinged with red, lanceolate, 2–12 mm.

8–30 × 4–11 mm.

narrowly conic, 10–20 mm.

= 22.