Flora of North America species comparison

erect, sparingly branched proximally, slender, 15–35 cm, sparsely glandular-pilose; small axillary tufts of leaves absent.

branched, 3–7 cm, subglabrous proximally, softly pubescent distally, proximal internodes congested; small axillary tufts of leaves absent.

not marcescent;

proximal blades broadly spatulate-petiolate, 8–55 × 3–16 mm, apex acute or obtuse, sometimes short-acuminate, softly pilose;

cauline few, sessile, blade linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 7–30 mm, apex acute, pilose.

proximal leaves marcescent, pseudopetiolate, spatulate, distal sessile;

blade elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 4–12 × 2–5 mm, apex ± obtuse, hirsute with long, straight, eglandular hairs or subglabrous except for midrib and margins.

very open and loose, 2–9(–25)-flowered cymes;

bracts narrowly lanceolate, pilose.

1–3-flowered, dense cymes;

bracts foliaceous, margins not scarious, pubescent.

straight, becoming sharply deflexed at base, slender, 5–20 mm, elongating in fruit, 1.5–4 times as long as sepals, glandular-pilose.

becoming curved at apex, slender, 2–12 mm, to 3 times as long as sepals, pubescence spreading, eglandular, fuscous hairs equaling or longer than pedicel diam.

sepals green, turning pale orange-brown in fruit, lanceolate to ovate, 3–6 mm, margins narrow, apex acute, with short, glandular pubescence;

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

stamens 5;

styles 5.

sepals lanceolate to elliptic, concave, 4–5 mm, margins narrow, apex acute to obtuse, pubescent;

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

stamens 10;

styles 5.

cylindric, straight, 5–12 mm, 1.5–2 times as long as sepals;

teeth 10, becoming outwardly coiled.

cylindric, slightly curved, 8–11 mm, 1–2 times as long as sepals, teeth 10, ± erect, margins convolute.

red-brown, 0.4–0.7 mm diam., tuberculate;

tubercles ± pointed;

testa not inflated.

brown, 0.8–1 mm, shallowly and obtusely tuberculate;

testa not inflated, tightly enclosing seed.

= 36.