Flora of North America species comparison

twining or straggling over ground, branching, 1–2 dm, usually sinuous.

slender, usually branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm.

basal, withering;

blade linear, attenuate.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear-attenuate, channeled.

1–4-flowered;

bracts 1–3 cm.

2–6-flowered;

bracts 1–2 cm.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate, each member with transverse yellow band;

sepals lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm;

petals white with lilac tinge, darker veined, especially distally, sometimes with purple blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 3–4 cm, with sparse or dense, short or long hairs near gland, apex rounded;

glands transverse-lunate or wider, densely short-hairy;

filaments 6–10 mm;

anthers oblong, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse or acute.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals lanceolate-ovate, 1–2 cm;

petals white, usually flushed pink, with red-brown blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 2–3 cm, usually rounded distally, with yellowish hairs near gland;

glands rounded, not depressed, covered with linear yellow hairs;

filaments 5–6 mm;

anthers white, oblong, 4–5 mm, apex acute.

erect, lanceoloid, angled, stout, 3–4 cm.

erect, linear, angled in cross section, 2–3 cm.

light beige, flat.

= 14.

= 14.