Flora of North America species comparison

1–2, 10–20 cm.

1–2, 10–50 cm.

20–25 cm, slightly scabrous.

20–50 cm, usually scabrous.

perianth white to pale straw-colored, sometimes with darker midvein color extending into distal portion of tepal lobe, tube 6–10 mm, nearly equal to lobes, lobes strongly reflexed, 6–10 mm; short filaments 3 mm, long filaments 4 mm, apical appendages straight or slightly recurved;

anthers white;

pedicel 1–12 cm.

perianth usually straw-colored to pale yellow, tube 3–7 mm, much shorter than lobes, lobes ascending to reflexed, 10–20 mm; short filaments 4–5 mm, long filaments 5–7 mm, apical appendages long, slender, straight to recurved;

anthers cream or yellow, occasionally blue;

pedicel 1–9 cm.

= 14, 28.

= 10 (11), 16, 24, 32.