Flora of North America species comparison

with persistent leaf bases proximally.

proximal blades 25–40 cm × 5–12 mm.

proximal blades 10–30 cm × 3–8 mm.

paniculate, 15–30-flowered, with 1–4 branches, 1.5–3 dm × 3–6 cm, proximal branches 7–8 cm.

usually paniculate, 20–80-flowered, with 1–8 branches, terminal raceme 10–45 × 3–8 cm.

perianth perigynous, rotate to rotate-campanulate, 10–15 mm diam.;

tepals white, ovate, 3–6 × 3–4 mm, somewhat narrowed at base, apex broadly rounded;

gland 1, obcordate, thick;

pedicel ascending at anthesis, 1–1.5 cm, bracts often streaked with purple, ovate, 3–6 mm.

perianth hypogynous, 10–20 mm diam.;

tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored, elliptic, 4–7 × 2–5 mm, outer not clawed;

gland 1, obovate, distal margins evident;

filaments thin and curved, shorter than tepals;

pedicel usually perpendicular to stem in fruit, 12–40 mm, bracts green, 2–8 mm.

narrowly conic, 7–8 mm.

8–16 × 5–10 mm.

= 32.

= 22.