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.

erect or ascending, branching near base, 2–12 cm, covered with glandular and 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, sessile;

blade 5–15 × 3–6 mm, hairy;

basal with blades oblanceolate, spatulate, petiolelike, apex obtuse;

cauline with blades lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate, apex acute to 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, 3–15-flowered (rarely more) cymes;

bracts lanceolate: proximal usually foliaceous, distal smaller, usually with narrow, scarious margins and apex, glandular-pubescent.

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

erect, curved distally, 3–8(–10) mm, longer than capsule, glandular-pubescent.

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 green, sometimes red tipped, oblong-lanceolate, 4–5 mm, margins narrow, apex acute, pubescent, hairs short, stiff, glandular, not projecting beyond scarious, glabrous apex;

petals white or purple-tinged, with branching veins, oblanceolate, ca. 5 mm, ± equaling sepals, apex 2-fid for ca. 1/4 length;

stamens 5;

styles 5.

narrowly cylindric, curved, 7–10 mm;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

narrowly cylindric, slightly curved upward, 6–9 mm, ca. 2 times as long as sepals;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

pale brown, 0.5–0.6 mm, finely tuberculate;

testa inflated or not.

dark brown, deltoid, 0.6–0.7 mm, tuberculate;

testa not inflated.

= 72.

= 72.