Flora of North America species comparison

proximal blades 15–45 cm × 3–15 mm.

proximal blades 10–50 cm × 2–12 mm.

usually paniculate, 20–60-flowered, with 1–8 branches, narrow, terminal raceme pyramidal in early anthesis, 3–30 × 3–7 cm, proximal branches 1/10–1/2 length of entire inflorescence, ascending at 10°–60° angle.

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

perianth hypogynous, campanulate, 10–15 mm diam.;

tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored, ovate, 3–8 × 1–4 mm, outer unclawed or rarely clawed to 5 mm, apex usually obtuse;

gland 1, obovate, distal margins obscure, thin;

filaments straight, usually equaling tepals, occasionally longer, thickened proximally;

pedicel usually ascending in fruit, occasionally perpendicular to stem, 10–35 mm, bracts green, somewhat falcate, 3–20 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.

8–16 × 3–8 mm.

narrowly conic, 10–20 mm.

= 32.