Flora of North America species comparison

inconspicuous to conspicuous (often forming an amorphous mass), slender, usually branched.

usually relatively conspicuous (often forming an irregular mass), slender, branched.

several to numerous, appressed;

blade lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 5–10 mm, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces sometimes glandular-pubescent.

numerous, appressed;

blade ± lanceolate to broadly ovate, 6–12 mm, margins entire, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces sometimes glandular-pubescent.

spikelike racemes, purple, lavender, or pallid distally, rarely yellow, sometimes branched, glandular-pubescent;

flowers numerous;

bracts ± reflexed, lanceolate, 8–12 mm, apex acute or attenuate, densely glandular-pubescent.

spikelike racemes, purple, usually branched, densely glandular-pubescent, sometimes appearing canescent;

flowers numerous;

bracts erect to reflexed, lanceolate to linear, 5–12 mm, apex acuminate, obtuse, or acute, glandular-pubescent.

0–15 mm, much shorter than plant axis;

bracteoles 2.

0–30 mm, much shorter than plant axis;

bracteoles 2.

calyx purple, lavender, or pallid, weakly bilaterally symmetric, 8–14 mm, deeply divided into 5 lobes, lobes lanceolate-subulate, glandular-pubescent;

corolla 14–20 mm, tube white to pallid or cream, sometimes pinkish or light purplish tinged distally, sometimes with purple veins, constricted above ovary, slightly curved forward, glandular-pubescent;

palatal folds prominent, yellow, pubescent;

lips externally white to pallid or cream, sometimes pinkish or light purplish tinged, internally pink or purple, sometimes white with purple veins, rarely light yellow, abaxial lip spreading, 3–5 mm, lobes oblong-lanceolate, apex obtuse or rounded, adaxial lip erect or slightly reflexed, 4–6 mm, lobes ovate, sometimes deltate, apex rounded or obtuse to bluntly pointed;

filaments glabrous or pilose at base, anthers included or slightly exserted, glabrous or with few woolly hairs along sutures.

calyx dark purple or lavender, weakly bilaterally symmetric, 8–12 mm, deeply divided into 5 lobes, lobes lanceolate-acute to -attenuate, densely glandular-pubescent;

corolla 15–32 mm, tube purple or lavender, rarely white, tinged with purple, constricted above ovary, bent forward, ± glandular-pubescent;

palatal folds prominent, yellow, densely pubescent;

lips dark purple to lavender, with darker purple veins, abaxial lip spreading or slightly reflexed, 3–9 mm, lobes oblong-lanceolate to narrowly ovate, apex acute, often with apiculate tooth, adaxial lip erect, reflexed, or revolute, 6–10 mm, lobes ± triangular, rarely truncate, apex acute, often with apiculate teeth;

filaments glabrous, anthers included, glabrous, sparsely villous, pubescent, or tomentulose along sutures, usually also with inconspicuous stalked glands (these minute, appearing peglike under magnification).

ovoid, 6–13 mm.

ovoid, 6–12 mm.

0.3–0.5 mm.

0.2–0.5 mm.

= 48.