Flora of North America species comparison

with persistent leaf bases proximally.

proximal blades 25–40 cm × 5–12 mm.

proximal blades 25–45 cm × 10–20 mm.

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

racemose, occasionally paniculate, 10–30-flowered, with 1–3 branches.

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.

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.

narrowly conic, 7–8 mm.

12–15 mm.

= 32.

= 32.