Flora of North America species comparison

slender, not branching, 1–3 dm.

usually not branching, straight, scapelike, stout, 1–3 dm.

basal usually persistent, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.

basal 1–3 dm × 5–15 mm, usually shorter than stem.

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts paired, 3–8 cm.

subumbellate, 1–5-flowered;

bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, unequal, 1–5 cm, apex acuminate;

peduncle stout, becoming strongly deflexed in fruit.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate;

petals lavender, with longitudinal median abaxial green stripe, with or without blotches, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland;

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

filaments 6–8 mm;

anthers red-brown, oblong, 7–10 mm, apex obtuse.

erect or spreading;

perianth yellowish white, sometimes streaked with purple, open, campanulate;

sepals shorter than petals;

petals oblong-lanceolate, clawed, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins fringed laterally and moderately bearded on proximal 1/2 distal to claw with slender, flexuous hairs, apex acute or obtuse;

glands short, nearly round, depressed, typically bordered proximally by dark-colored, deeply fringed membrane, adaxial surface covered with short, thick hairs;

filaments shorter than or equaling anthers;

anthers lanceolate, apex long-apiculate.

erect, brown, lanceoloid-linear, 3-angled, 2–3 cm.

nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, apex acute.

light beige, translucent, flat.

light brown, irregular.

= 20.