Flora of North America species comparison

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

inconspicuous (often very short and knobby), slender, usually unbranched.

thickened, fleshy.

several to numerous, appressed;

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

numerous, appressed;

blade broadly ovate, 7–12 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse, surfaces 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, pallid creamy or yellow, purplish tinged, simple, sometimes branched, densely glandular-pubescent;

flowers numerous;

bracts erect to spreading, narrowly lanceolate-ovate, 10–12(–19) mm, apex acute, glandular-pubescent.

0–15 mm, much shorter than plant axis;

bracteoles 2.

0–10(–12) 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 white or pinkish, or purple tinged, often pallid, radially or weakly bilaterally symmetric, 7–18 mm, deeply divided into 5 lobes, lobes subulate to attenuate, densely glandular-pubescent;

corolla 15–25 mm, tube white to pallid, yellow, or buff, slightly constricted above ovary, straight to curved forward, glandular-pubescent;

palatal folds prominent, yellow, glabrous;

lips externally white to pallid, yellow, or buff, sometimes slightly reddish tinged distally, internally maroon or reddish purple, sometimes with maroon or reddish purple stripes, veins, or blotches, abaxial lip erect to spreading or recurved, 4–8 mm, lobes narrowly ovate to oblong, apex rounded, blunt, retuse, or erosulate, adaxial lip erect to ± spreading, 4–8 mm, lobes oblong or oblong-ovate, apex rounded, truncate, retuse, or erosulate;

filaments sparsely pilose at base, sometimes glandular hairs present near connective, anthers included, moderately woolly or glabrous.

ovoid, 6–13 mm.

oblong-ovoid, 7–12 mm.

0.3–0.5 mm.

0.3–0.5 mm.

= 48.