Flora of North America species comparison

branching less often and less regularly than subsp. pardalinum, 2.1–4.4 × 4.4–10.3 cm, 0.4–0.6 times taller than long;

scales (1–)2–4-segmented, longest 1.7–3.3 cm.

to 2.1 m, weakly clonal and not forming large colonies.

± evenly distributed along stem, often scattered in young plants or in 1–4 whorls or partial whorls, 3–13 leaves per whorl, horizontal and drooping at tips or ascending, 5–20.5 × 0.6–3.7 cm, 3–17 times longer than wide;

blade elliptic, sometimes narrowly so, occasionally weakly oblanceolate, margins undulate or not.

1–25(–35)-flowered.

not fragrant;

sepals and petals reflexed 1/3 along length from base, yellow-orange or orange proximally, darker orange to red-orange to red on distal 1/3–1/2;

sepals 3.7–7.6 × 0.9–2.1 cm;

petals 3.7–7.6 × 0.9–2.2 cm;

stamens moderately exserted;

filaments moderately spreading, diverging 7°–19° from axis;

anthers orange, orange-pink, or ± magenta, 0.5–1.4 cm;

pollen yellow to bright orange, occasionally red-orange;

pistil 3.3–4.4 cm;

ovary 1.2–1.8 cm;

pedicel 6.3–27 cm.

2.2–4.3 × 1.2–1.9 cm, 1.6–2.9 times longer than wide.

132–177.

= 24.