Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect, simple or several from branched caudex, 5–20 cm, glandular-pubescent, nodes without long, wooly hairs; 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.

sessile, not marcescent, usually confined to proximal 1/2 of plant;

mid-stem leaves with blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, 5–30 × 2–8 mm, apex ± acute, usually rather sparsely, softly pubescent;

proximal leaves sometimes forming loose rosette, blade ovate to obovate or spatulate, apex ± obtuse.

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

bracts narrowly lanceolate, pilose.

compact to open, dichotomous, 3–30-flowered cymes, confined to distal portion of stem;

bracts herbaceous, lanceolate, glandular-puberulent.

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

often becoming deflexed at base, 3–10(–12) mm, 0.5–1.25 times as long as sepals in flower, elongating to equaling capsule, glandular-pubescent.

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 broadly lanceolate, 3–4.5 mm, apex subacute, glandular-puberulent to glabrate, hairs shorter than sepal tip, outer sepals herbaceous or with narrow margins, inner with broad margins;

petals ovate-elliptic, 3–4 mm, equaling or shorter than 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, curved, 6–12 mm, 2–2.25 times as long as sepals;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

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

tubercles ± pointed;

testa not inflated.

golden brown, 0.4–0.7 mm diam., tuberculate, especially around edge;

testa not inflated.

= 36.

= 34.