Flora of North America species comparison

erect, many-branched from base, 10–40 cm, minutely viscid-glandular; small axillary tufts of leaves usually absent.

ascending, much-branched at base, 2–10 cm, densely hispid-pubescent, hairs patent, fuscous, multicellular;

internodes short; small axillary tufts of leaves absent.

not marcescent, distal sessile, proximal spatulate;

blade linear or linear- lanceolate to linear-oblong, 10–30 × 1–4 mm, apex obtuse to subacute, glabrous or sparsely and minutely viscid-glandular.

dense below the inflorescence;

blade broadly lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate or obovate, 5–10 × 1.5–4 mm, thick and ± fleshy, apex broadly acute to obtuse, hispid, hairs fuscous, multicellular, long;

proximal leaves marcescent, sometimes subglabrous.

lax, 3–21(–30)-flowered cymes;

bracts narrowly lanceolate, glandular-pubescent.

often 1-flowered and compact, sometimes 2–3-flowered cymes, hairs patent, dense, fuscous, eglandular and glandular;

bracts lanceolate, with or without narrow, scarious margins, densely pubescent, often glandular.

erect, slender, 2–15 mm, 0.5–3 times as long as sepals, glandular-puberulent Flowers: sepals ovate-lanceolate, 5–6 mm, margins narrow, apex acute to obtuse, minutely viscid-glandular;

petals oblanceolate, 5–8 mm, 1.5 times as long as sepals, apex 2-fid;

stamens 10;

styles 3(–4).

straight or ± angled at base and/or apex, 5–12 mm, 1–2 times as long as sepals, densely pubescent with long, eglandular and short, glandular hairs.

sepals usually purplish, 5–6(–7) mm, herbaceous center narrowly lanceolate, margins broad, making apex obtuse, densely pubescent, hairs long, stiff, glandular and eglandular;

petals oblanceolate, 7–9 mm, 1–1.5 times as long as sepals, apex 2-fid;

stamens 10;

styles 5.

oblong-ovoid, straight, 8–11 mm, ca. 2 times as long as sepals;

teeth 6, occasionally 8, erect to spreading, margins convolute.

cylindric, slightly curved, 9–12 mm, 1.5–2 times as long as sepals;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

pale brown, ovate, 0.6 mm diam., tuberculate;

testa not inflated.

brown, 0.8–1 mm, tuberculate;

testa not inflated, tightly enclosing seed.

= 36, 38.

= 108.