Flora of North America species comparison

± slender, usually branching, 1–4 dm.

usually stout, sparingly branching, not flexuous or twisted, 3–6 dm.

basal persistent, 1–4 dm;

blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat;

cauline bractlike.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear, glaucous.

± umbellate, 1–several-flowered.

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts opposite pedicel, 4–8 cm.

erect or spreading;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals 10–15 mm;

petals white to pinkish or purplish, obovate, 12–25 mm, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins ciliate;

glands bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs;

anthers lanceolate, apex acute to apiculate.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals usually with dark red blotch near base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm;

petals yellow, often tinged purple in drying, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm;

glands usually ± round, depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and a few long, yellow hairs, densely covered with slender, unbranched hairs;

filaments 9–10 mm;

anthers yellowish, oblong, 8–10 mm, apex obtuse.

nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm.

erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–8 cm, apex acuminate.

deep purple, dark brown in age, irregular.

flat.

= 20.

= ca. 14.