Flora of North America species comparison

flowering shoots often decumbent proximally, 5–20(–30) cm, glandular-pubescent distally, pilose-subglabrous, deflexed or spreading proximally;

non-flowering shoots present; small tufts of leaves present in axils of proximal leaves.

erect, simple or branched at base, 5.5–30 cm, shaggy, hairs silvery, spreading-ascending; small axillary tufts of leaves absent.

not marcescent, sessile, ± spatulate proximally;

blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 4–30 × 0.5–6 mm, apex acute, rarely obtuse, subglabrous to softly pubescent, sometimes glandular.

not marces-cent;

blade 4–15(–20) × 1.5–5(–7) mm, pubescence of long, glandular and/or eglandular hairs;

basal ± crowded, blade oblanceolate, spatulate, apex obtuse;

cauline sessile, blade lanceolate or elliptic, apex acute.

lax, 1–20-flowered cymes, pubescence short, glandular;

bracts lanceolate, margins narrow, scarious, glandular-pubescent.

lax, dichasiate, 3–30-flowered cymes;

bracts herbaceous, lanceolate, densely pubescent, with long, ascending, glandular or eglandular hairs.

curved just below calyx, 5–30 mm, 1–6 times as long as sepals, glandular-pubescent.

erect or ascending, bent distally in fruit, 6–15 mm, longer than capsule, shaggy, glandular or eglandular.

sepals narrowly lanceolate to lance-elliptic, 3.5–7 mm, margins narrow, softly pubescent;

petals obovate, 7.5–12.5 mm, ca. 2 times as long as sepals, apex 2-fid;

stamens 10;

anthers 0.8–1.1 mm;

styles 5.

sepals lanceolate, 4–4.5 mm, foliaceous, with or without narrow margins, densely pubescent, hairs exceeding sepal tips;

petals oblanceolate, 2–3 mm, ca. 0.5 times as long as sepals, apex 2-fid, sparsely ciliate proximally;

stamens 10, with few long hairs near filament base;

styles 5.

cylindric, curved, 7.5–11.5 × 2.5–4 mm, (1–)1.5–2 times as long as sepals;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

cylindric, slightly curved near apex, 5–7 mm, ca. 1.5 times as long as sepals;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

brown, 0.6–1.2 mm diam., tuberculate;

testa not inflated.

pale brown, 0.5 mm diam., acutely tuberculate;

testa not inflated.

= 36, 72, (108, Europe).

= 72 (Europe), 88, 90.