OregonFlora species comparison

extensively stoloniferous, with dense terminal rosettes.

decumbent, branched, with terminal rosettes.

erect; simple, 3–14 cm;

stem leaves alternate, spatulate-oblong or elliptic-oblong; widest at or below middle, different from rosette leaves.

erect, branched, 10–43 cm;

stem leaves alternate, linear, with basal scarious spurs and producing offset rosettes in their axils; bulbils present.

rosette leaves spreading, usually nearly parallel to ground, usually forming flat rosettes, spatulate, narrowing to petioles, 7–19 × 4.5–10 mm, 5 × as wide as thick, green or pruinose and white, bases not spurred, not scarious, sometimes muricate or papillose near margins;

tips rounded or truncate;

surfaces usually glaucous.

rosette leaves persistent, spreading to erect, narrowly oblanceolate; narrow and often rounded in cross section, 4.3–13.8 × 1.4–2.7 mm, green to red, bases with small spur;

margins sometimes papillose-ciliate; papillae 0.1–0.15 mm;

tips acuminate or attenuate;

surfaces not glaucous, dried leaves strongly keeled.

cymes with ~30 flowers, 3-branched;

branches forked;

bracts oblong-spatulate or linear.

solitary flowers or small cymes with 9–15(25) flowers, mostly 3-branched;

primary branches sometimes dichotomously forked;

bracts like other leaves but smaller.

5-parted;

sepals spreading to erect, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, oblong-ovate or obovate; ~2.5 × 1.5 mm, green to yellow-green;

tips acute or obtuse;

surface glaucous or pruinose;

petals strongly spreading above erect base, linear to oblanceolate, 4.5–9 mm, yellow;

tips acute;

filaments yellow;

anthers yellow.

(3)5(8)-parted;

sepals distinct, lanceolate to ovate, 2–3.7 × 0.8–1.7 mm, yellow, yellow-green; greenish, white, or cream-colored;

tips acute or acuminate;

petals spreading horizontally; distinct, lanceolate to elliptic; widest at or below middle, 5.4–11 mm, yellow or white with green or brown;

keel white;

tips obtuse to long-acuminate, sometimes apiculate;

filaments yellow or white;

anthers yellow;

ovaries glandular-pustulose.

erect until mature then spreading, fused basally, brown.

widely spreading when mature, fused near base, light green to brown, papillose, rarely glandular-pustulose.

=64.