Flora of North America species comparison

proximal blades 5–50 cm × 2–30 mm.

proximal blades 25–45 cm × 10–20 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, occasionally paniculate, 10–30-flowered, with 1–3 branches.

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.

nodding;

perianth perigynous, campanulate, 8–20 mm diam.;

tepals greenish, often tinged with purple, ovate to elliptic, 12–16 × 7–9 mm, somewhat narrowed at base;

gland 1, obcordate, thick;

pedicel recurved at anthesis, erect in fruit, bracts often tinged with purple or red, longer than pedicel, apex acute.

8–30 × 4–11 mm.

12–15 mm.

= 22.

= 32.