Flora of North America species comparison

usually erect, sometimes decumbent, profusely branched primarily distally, 2–12 dm, minutely puberulent with bent hairs basally, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely puberulent distally.

decumbent to ascending, sparingly branched throughout, 2–7 dm, with minute, crinkled hairs and spreading long hairs, sometimes also glandular basally, glabrous distally.

mostly in basal 1/2 of plant;

larger leaves with petiole 6–40(–55) mm, blade broadly rhombic-ovate, triangular-ovate, ovate, oval, or lanceolate, 20–50(–80) × 10–45 mm (distal leaves smaller, proportionately narrower), adaxial surface usually glabrous, sometimes minutely puberulent, usually minutely punctate, abaxial surface slightly paler than adaxial, usually glabrous, sometimes minutely puberulent, usually punctate with small patches of small brown cells, base obtuse to round, margins entire or sinuate, apex usually acute, less often obtuse or rounded.

mostly in basal 1/2 of plant;

larger leaves with petiole 2–24 mm, blade ovate to orbiculate, occasionally wider than long, 10–25 × 6–22 mm (distal leaves smaller, proportionately narrower), adaxial surface glabrate to sparsely pilose, especially on veins, abaxial surface much paler than adaxial, glabrous or moderately pilose, especially on veins, neither surface punctate, base round to cordate, margins entire or sinuate, apex obtuse to round.

terminal, forked ca. 4–6 times ± evenly, diffuse, usually with sticky internodal bands;

branches strongly ascending, terminating in irregular umbellate or subracemose clusters of flowers, not all pedicels attaching at same point (flowers occasionally borne singly).

axillary or terminal, forked ca. 2–4 times unequally, open, without sticky internodal bands;

branches ascending-divergent, terminating in loose, 1–3-flowered, cymose clusters.

pedicel (0–)0.3–2.5(–5) mm;

bracts at base of perianth deciduous, usually 2, narrowly to broadly lanceolate, 0.5–1 mm, apex often acuminate;

perianth whitish, usually tinged with pink or purple [bright pink] between lobes and in tube, campanulate beyond constriction, 1–1.5 mm;

stamens 2–4, slightly exserted.

pedicel 1–6 mm;

bracts at base of perianth persistent, usually 3, linear to lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm;

perianth pale pink to pink, occasionally purple-red, widely funnelform distal to constriction, 2.5–3 mm;

stamens 3–5, well exserted.

1–11 per cluster, pale greenish to straw colored or tan, narrowly obconic, (2.7–)3–3.5[–4] × 1.2–1.5 mm (l/w: (2–)2.3–3.2), apex truncate or broadly low conic, glabrous;

ribs 5, acute, slightly rugose adjacent to sulci;

sulci 0.5–1 times as wide as base of ribs, slightly to prominently coarsely transverse rugose, not papillate.

borne singly (2–3 in open clusters), gray-brown, oblong-clavate, 2.8–3.2 × 1.3 mm (l/w: 2.3–2.7), apex broadly conic to round, glabrous;

ribs 5, round or very bluntly angled, smooth or rugose near sulci, edges sharp and slightly overhanging sulcus;

sulci to 1/2 times as wide as base of ribs, not rugose, minutely papillate.

= ca. 52.