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 alternate, obovate to spatulate-oblanceolate, 8-20 mm. long and 3-7 mm. wide, flattened but very succulent, usually overlapping on the 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.

Flowers crowded and sub-sessile in several-rayed cymes;

calyx 5-lobed nearly to the base, the lobes lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long;

petals 5, yellow, narrowly lanceolate and long-acuminate, 10-13 mm. long, united at the base for 1.5-3 mm.;

stamens 10, 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, erect, nearly distinct, each with a small gland at the base, and tipped by the erect, tapered style.