Flora of North America species comparison

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

usually inconspicuous, slender, branched or unbranched.

several to numerous, appressed;

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

numerous, erect;

blade broadly triangular proximally, grading to lanceolate distally, 7–10 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse, acute on distal leaves, surfaces glabrous.

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.

racemes, sometimes spikelike, pink, lavender, or yellow, sometimes branched, glandular-puberulent;

flowers numerous;

bracts usually reflexed toward tips, narrowly triangular to lanceolate-linear or subulate, 5–10 mm, apex attenuate, glandular-puberulent.

0–15 mm, much shorter than plant axis;

bracteoles 2.

5–25 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 pale or pinkish tinged, ± radially symmetric, (6–)9–15(–20) mm, deeply divided into 5 lobes, lobes narrowly subulate, glandular-puberulent;

corolla 17–28(–33) mm, tube white to pale yellow or pale pink, slightly constricted above ovary, straight or slightly bent forward, sparsely glandular-pubescent or glabrate;

palatal folds prominent, yellow, glabrous;

lips white to pale pink, often with darker pink veins, abaxial lip usually widely spreading, 5–9(–10) mm, lobes narrowly oblong-triangular to lanceolate, apex acute, adaxial lip usually widely spreading, 5–9(–10) mm, lobes triangular or triangular-ovate, apex acute;

filaments glabrous, anthers included, glabrous or ± villous along sutures.

ovoid, 6–13 mm.

ovoid to cylindric-ovoid, 10–13 mm.

0.3–0.5 mm.

0.4–0.5 mm.

= 48.