Flora of North America species comparison

erect or decumbent, slender, wiry, usually branched, 3–20 cm.

erect, slender, wiry, often branched, 2–15 cm.

proximalmost not clustered near base, green or slightly bluish green;

blade very narrowly elliptic, 0.7–2 × 0.1–0.3 cm, base cuneate or attenuate, margins sparsely serrulate, apex acute.

proximalmost not clustered near base;

blade linear or linear-filiform, 1–3 × 0.04–0.1 cm, base attenuate, margins subentire, apex acute.

opening near sunrise;

floral tube ca. 1.2 mm, moderately to very sparsely pubescent inside on proximal 1/2;

sepals 3.2–3.5 mm, reflexed in pairs;

petals 3.5–4 mm, each ± with 2 red dots basally; episepalous filaments 2 mm, epipetalous filaments 1.2 mm, anthers 0.3–0.6 mm, pollen with usually less than 10% of grains 4-pored;

style 2.1–2.5 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis.

opening near sunrise;

floral tube 1.3–2 mm, glabrate;

sepals 1.5–2.5 mm, reflexed separately;

petals 1.5–3.6 mm, without red dots at base;

filaments 0.5–1 mm, anthers 0.3–0.6 mm, pollen with less than 5% of grains 4- or 5-pored;

style 1.5–3 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis.

15–45 × 0.8–1.3 mm;

subsessile.

15–28 × 0.6–1 mm;

pedicel 0–2 mm.

0.6–0.8 × 0.3–0.4 mm.

0.7–0.8 × 0.4 mm.

= 28.

= 28.