Flora of North America species comparison

usually branching distally, ± flexuous, 2–6 dm.

4–6 dm.

basal withering, 1–3 dm;

blade linear.

basal withering, 2–3 dm;

blade linear.

1–few-flowered;

bracts opposite pedicel, 2–10 cm.

subumbellate, 1–3-flowered;

bracts 2–8 cm.

erect;

perianth open, broadly campanulate;

sepals with purple blotch near base, lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate;

petals white tinged with lilac, with purple blotch near base, usually obovate, ± concave, 2–5 cm, glabrous except few hairs near base, apex obtuse;

glands oblong, not depressed, densely hairy, hairs branching;

filaments 8–10 mm;

anthers lilac, oblong, 4–5 mm.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate, each member with median brown or purple blotch surrounded by bright yellow zone;

sepals lanceolate, attenuate, 2–4 cm;

petals white to yellowish or lavender, usually streaked with purple toward base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex retuse to obtuse;

glands linear, strongly chevron-shaped to weakly lunate, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs;

filaments 7–9 mm;

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

erect, narrow-oblong, rounded in cross section, 2–5 cm, apex obtuse.

erect, linear, angled, 5–6 cm, apex acute.

light yellow, translucent, flat.

= 14.

= 12, 14, 20, 26.