Flora of North America species comparison

not branching, 4–6 dm.

usually not branching or twisted, straight, 1.5–4.5 dm.

basal withering, 2–3 dm;

blade linear.

blade linear, becoming involute;

basal withering.

subumbellate, 1–4-flowers;

bracts 2–8 cm.

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts congested, unequal.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals lanceolate, 2–4 cm, apex acute to acuminate;

petals white to purple, with median red blotch often surrounded by pale yellow, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex retuse to obtuse;

glands arched, transversely oblong to weakly lunate or ± rectangular, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs;

filaments 7–9 mm;

anthers lanceolate-linear to oblong, 8–10 mm, apex acute to obtuse.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals marked similar to petals, usually shorter, lanceolate, glabrous, apex acuminate;

petals white, tinged with lilac or infrequently magenta, yellow at base, with reddish brown or purple band or blotch distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, sparsely invested near gland with slender hairs, apex usually short-acuminate;

glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, unbranched or distally branching hairs;

filaments ca. equaling anthers;

anthers yellowish or pinkish, oblong, apex obtuse.

erect, narrowly lanceoloid, stout, 4–6 cm.

erect, linear-lanceoloid, 3-angled, apex acuminate.

light beige, lanceolate, flat, 5–6 mm.

flat.

= 14.

= 16.