Flora of North America species comparison

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

flowering stems ascending from elongate decumbent bases, branched, 15–45 cm, viscid, glandular in distal and mid-stem region, proximal portion with deflexed, long, soft, eglandular hairs, mostly in alternating longitudinal lines; nonflowering shoots horizontal, leafy.

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.

sometimes marces-cent, sessile, highly variable;

blade tending to be succulent, pubescent on both surfaces or ± glabrous abaxially except on midrib and margins;

leaves of mid and distal stem largest, blade ovate-lanceolata to linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 15–42 × 3.5–7 mm, apex acute;

proximal leaves smaller, with tufts of small leaves in their axils, blade oblanceolate to linear-oblong, 10–30 × 2–7 mm, often spatulate, apex ± obtuse.

lax, 3–21(–30)-flowered cymes;

bracts narrowly lanceolate, glandular-pubescent.

lax, 1–12-flowered cymes;

bracts glandular-pubescent, proximal bract often foliaceous, broadly lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate;

distal bracts lance-elliptic to lanceolate, margins narrow, scarious.

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 sometimes curving near apex in fruit, tending to be stout, 10–35 mm, ca. 2–4 times as long as capsules, rarely more, pubescence dense, glandular, viscid.

large and showy;

sepals lanceolate, 6–9 mm, margins broad, apex acute, densely glandular-pubescent, viscid;

petals broadly oblanceolate, large, 10–15 mm, 2–3 times as long as sepals, apex 2-fid;

stamens 10;

anthers 0.9–1.2 mm;

styles 5.

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

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

broadly cylindric, ca. straight, 8–15 × 4–5 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.

reddish brown, 1–1.5 mm, tuberculate;

testa not inflated, tightly enclosing seed.

= 36, 38.

= 72.