Flora of North America species comparison

slender, 2–5 dm.

slender, branching, straight, 3–6 dm.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.

basal withering, 2–3 dm;

blade linear-lanceolate.

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts 1–8 cm.

2–6-flowered.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals lanceolate-oblong, attenuate, 2–3 cm;

petals deep yellow, usually streaked red-brown proximally, often with median red-brown blotch, cuneate to obovate, 2–4 cm, with a few slender hairs near gland;

glands ± lunate to oblong, not depressed, covered with short, matted hairs;

filaments 7–9 mm;

anthers linear-oblong, 4–6 mm, apex obtuse or acute.

erect;

perianth opening flat, campanulate;

sepals often reflexed, lanceolate, 1–3 cm, glabrous, apex long-tapered;

petals yellow to deep orange, purple-brown at tip, oblong-ovate, 1–2 cm, conspicuously bearded, margins fringed or dentate, apex fringed with hairy tufts;

glands round, slightly depressed, glabrous, surrounded and obscured by ring of slender, dense hairs united at base;

filaments 7–8 mm;

anthers oblong, apex acute.

erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 3–6 cm.

erect, linear, 3-angled, 3–4 cm, apex acute.

light beige, flat.

light yellow, translucent.

= 14, 28.

= 18.