Flora of North America species comparison

blade sometimes becoming reddish brown with age, 19–42 cm × 5–20 mm, glaucous abaxially.

proximal blades 18–80 cm × 3–20 mm.

loosely paniculate, 30–75-flowered, with 2–6 ascending branches, pyramidal, 10–60 × 5–12 cm.

usually paniculate, 10–100-flowered, with 1–15 branches, narrow, appearing pyramidal in early anthesis, terminal raceme 5–60 × 3–7 cm, proximal branches 1/3–1/2 length of entire inflorescence, extending upwards from main axis of inflorescence at 10°–60° angle.

perianth hypogynous, 20–30 mm diam.;

tepals persistent in fruit, white to cream colored, ovate to lanceolate, 9–15 × 3–5 mm, somewhat contracted at base;

glands 2, elliptic, margins thickened;

pedicel bracts ovate, 5–15 mm.

perianth hypogynous, campanulate, 5–15 mm diam.;

tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored, 4–12 × 1–4 mm, outer usually lacking claw;

gland 1, obovate, distal margins evident, serrate to dentate;

filaments straight, shorter than tepals, thickened proximally;

pedicel horizontally spreading, usually perpendicular to stem in fruit, 15–45 mm, bracts green, 5–35 mm.

conic, 10–15 mm.

narrowly conic, 9–22 × 3–6 mm.

= 52.

= 22.