OregonFlora species comparison

erect, branched or not, 3–12(20) dm, green or red.

prostrate; much branched and mat-forming, 1–5 dm, often whitish.

blades rhombic-ovate to widely lanceolate; (2)4–12(15) cm, bases wedge-shaped;

margins entire; plane;

tips acute to obtuse;

midveins extending to a spine;

petioles 1–5(10) cm.

blades oblong, obovate, or oblanceolate, 3–20 mm, bases wedge-shaped;

margins entire; plane; flat to sometimes undulate;

midveins extending to a spine;

tips rounded to subacute;

petioles 2–6(8)mm; ? ½ as long as blade.

terminal and axillary, tightly clustered; lax and nodding; dull green to red, villous;

bracts 2–4 mm;

midveins extending to a spine.

axillary clusters of flowers, staminate and pistillate flowers intermixed;

bracts small and inconspicuous, 1–2 mm.

perianth segments 5, mostly similar in staminate and pistillate flowers; erect, not overlapping or reflexed, linear to lance-oblong;

midveins extending to spine;

tips acute.

generally at inflorescence tips;

perianth segments of nearly equal length, 2–3 mm;

stamens 5.

perianth segments (2)3; equal to subequal, 1–1.5 mm;

stamens 3.

perianth segments of equal length or 1 slightly longer, 1.5–2 mm;

styles 3; erect.

perianth segments 1–3, unequal, only 1 well developed, 1–1.2 mm;

styles 3; erect.

ovoid, 1.5–2.2 mm, rugose at tips; smooth below; dehiscence circumscissile.

subglobose, 1–1.2 mm; smooth, wrinkled near tips; dehiscence irregular to circumscissile.

lenticular, widely orbicular to rounded, 1–1.4 mm, red-brown to black; shiny.

lenticular, obovate, 0.7–1 mm, dark red-brown; shiny.

=32.