Flora of North America species comparison

proximal blades 12–50 cm × 2–10 mm.

proximal blades 25–45 cm × 3–20 mm.

racemose or paniculate with 1 or 2 basal branches, 10–50-flowered, terminal raceme pyramidal in anthesis, 2–20 × 2–5 cm, branches (if any) 1/10–1/3 length of entire inflorescence, diverging from main axis at 10°–60° when in fruit.

racemose to paniculate, 15–30-flowered, with 1–4 branches.

perianth hypogynous, campanulate, 5–10 mm diam.;

tepals persistent in fruit, cream colored, 2–5 × 1–3 mm, outer often clawed, apex usually acute;

gland 1, obovate, distal margins evident to obscure, irregular;

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

pedicel usually ascending in fruit, occasionally perpendicular to stem, 3–25 mm, bracts usually green, sometimes white, 5–25 mm.

nodding;

perianth perigynous, campanulate, 4–8 mm diam.;

tepals greenish, sometimes tinged with purple, ovate, 4–6 × 1.5–3 mm, somewhat narrowed at base, apex narrowly obtuse;

gland 1, obcordate, thick;

pedicel recurved at anthesis, 1.5–2 cm, bracts often tinged with purple or pink, ovate, 5–20 mm.

8–20 × 4–7 mm.

narrowly conic, 10–20 mm.

= 22.

= 32.