Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate, villous.

procumbent or prostrate, glabrous.

sessile;

blade oval to obovate, usually as broad as long, 1.3–3 × 1.1–1.7 cm, apex rounded, pilose, glabrate.

sessile;

blade oblong, oblanceolate, obovate, or oval, 2–6 × 0.8–3 cm, succulent, apex obtuse to acute, mucronate, glabrous.

axillary, sessile;

heads stramineous, globose to ovoid, 0.6–1 × 0.6–0.7 cm;

bracts equaling tepals, apex attenuate.

axillary, sessile;

heads white to stramineous, globose to ovoid, 0.6–1 × 0.6–0.8 cm;

bracts about 1/2 as long as tepals.

tepals dimorphic, stramineous, lanceolate, 5–7 mm, apex acuminate, spinose tipped, sparsely villous, hairs barbed;

stamens 5;

anthers 3–5, globose;

pseudostaminodes triangular, shorter than filaments, margins dentate.

tepals monomorphic, stramineous, striate, lanceolate, 4–5 mm, rigid margins coriaceous, apex acuminate, glabrous;

stamens 5;

anthers 5, oblong;

pseudostaminodes lanceolate, equaling or exceeding filaments, margins fimbriate.

lenticular, 1.3–1.5 mm.

subglobose, 1.5 mm.

included within tepals, brown, compressed, 1.8 mm, apex truncate.

included within tepals, stramineous, subglobose, ca. 1.5 mm, apex acute.