UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

Leaves alternate, spatulate-oblanceolate to spatulate-obovate, tapered to the base, strongly flattened but very succulent, 10-20 mm. long and 4-10 mm. broad, strongly overlapping.

Leaves opposite, sessile, fleshy, 4-8 mm. long, oval to broadly obovate on the sterile shoots, oblong to spatulate on the flowering stems.

Inflorescence of leafy-bracteate, paniculate cymes; pedicles very short;

calyx lobes 5, oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 mm. long, rounded or obtuse;

petals 5, distinct, somewhat recurved, 7-10 mm. long, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, acute;

stamens 10, slightly shorter than the petals, 5 attached to the base of the petals.

Inflorescence of 5-15 flowered, leafy-bracteate cymes; pedicles 1-3 mm. long;

calyx 3-3.5 mm. long, the 5 lobes triangular, distinct nearly to the base;

petals 5, yellow, distinct, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, tipped with a sharp point, 7-9 mm. long;

stamens 10, slightly shorter than the petals, 5 attached to the base of the petals.

Follicles 5, erect until nearly mature, then divergent above the united basal portion.

Follicles 5, united at the base, widely divergent, each with a small gland at the base, and tipped by the tapered style.