Flora of North America species comparison

erect or ascending, branched, 5–45 cm, hairy, glandular at least distally, rarely eglandular; small axillary tufts of leaves absent.

flowering stems erect from decumbent base, branched proximally, 10–45 cm, softly pubescent, eglandular with straight hairs; nonflowering shoots, when present, produced proximally, decumbent, rooting at nodes, branched, 5–20 cm, often subglabrous with alternating lines of eglandular hairs; small axillary tufts of leaves usually absent.

not marcescent, ± sessile;

blade 5–20(–30) × 2–8(–15) mm, apex apiculate, covered with spreading, white, long hairs;

basal with blade oblanceolate or obovate, narrowed proximally, sometimes spatulate;

cauline with blade broadly ovate or elliptic-ovate.

not marcescent;

blade 10–25(–40) × 3–8(–12) mm, densely covered with patent to ascending, colorless, long, eglandular hairs;

leaves of flowering shoots in distant pairs, sessile, blade elliptic to ovate-oblong, apex subacute;

leaves of sterile shoots pseudopetiolate, often spatulate, blade oblanceolate, apex obtuse.

3–50-flowered, aggregated into dense, cymose clusters or in more-open dichasia;

bracts: proximal herbaceous, distal lanceolate, apex acute, with long, mainly eglandular hairs.

lax, 3–50-flowered cymes;

bracts lanceolate, reduced, herbaceous, eglandular-pubescent, distal often with narrow, scarious margins.

erect to spreading, often arcuate distally, 0.1–5 mm, shorter than capsule, glandular-pubescent.

somewhat curved distally, 2–10(–20) mm, longer than sepals, densely pubescent with patent, eglandular, rarely glandular hairs.

sepals green, rarely dark-red tipped, lanceolate, 4–5 mm, margins narrow, apex very acute, usually with glandular hairs as well as long white hairs usually extending beyond apex;

petals oblanceolate, 3–5 mm, rarely absent, usually shorter than sepals, apex deeply 2-fid;

stamens 10;

styles 5.

sepals ovate-lanceolate, 5–7 mm, margins narrow, apex acute, scarious, pubescent with eglandular, rarely glandular, hairs;

petals oblanceolate, 1–1.5 times as long as sepals, apex deeply 2-fid;

stamens 10, occasionally 5;

styles 5.

narrowly cylindric, curved, 7–10 mm;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

narrowly cylindric, curved, 9–17 mm, ca. 2 times sepals;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

pale brown, 0.5–0.6 mm, finely tuberculate;

testa inflated or not.

reddish brown, 0.4–1.2 mm, bluntly tuberculate;

testa not inflated, tightly enclosing seed.

= 72.

= 122–152, usually 144.