Flora of North America species comparison

branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm.

usually not branching or twisted, 1–4 dm.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear, attenuate.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.

monochasiate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts 2–5 cm.

1–4-flowered;

bracts 2–4 cm.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate, narrow at base;

sepals deep lilac, often with purple blotch, lanceolate-ovate to acuminate, 2–3 cm;

petals lavender to deep purple, usually with purple blotch at base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered, white and/or purple hairs proximal to middle, sometimes with yellow hairs distal to gland, margins dentate distally;

glands ± square, not depressed, usually with many branching hairs;

filaments 7–8 mm;

anthers purple or white, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse to abruptly pointed.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals with dark red or purple blotch near base, lanceolate, 1–4 cm, usually glabrous, apex acuminate;

petals white tinged with lilac, with longitudinal median green stripe on abaxial surface and dark red or purple crescent distal to gland, narrowly obovate, 2–4 cm, ± glabrous;

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

filaments 5–6 mm;

anthers yellow, blue, or maroon, oblong, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse.

erect, linear, angled, 5–7 cm.

erect, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate.

light-colored, flat.

yellow, flat.

= 14.

= 14.