Flora of North America species comparison

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

erect or ascending, branching at base, 1–20 cm, viscid, covered with short, dense, glandular and eglandular hairs; short 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.

not marcescent, sessile but proximal leaves often spatulate;

blade 5–18 × 2–5 mm, covered with short, white hairs;

basal leaves with blade narrowly oblanceolate and ± spatulate, apex obtuse;

cauline with blades ovate to elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse to acute.

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

bracts narrowly lanceolate, pilose.

open, 3–30-flowered cymes;

bracts lanceolate, with broad, scarious margins, glandular-pubescent.

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

curved at apex, often sharply angled at base, 3–8(–12) mm, 1–3 times as long as capsule, densely glandular-pubescent and viscid.

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 narrowly lanceolate, 3–5 mm, margins broad, apex acute, glandular-pubescent;

petals with unbranched veins, oblanceolate, 2–3 mm, shorter than sepals, apex notched;

stamens 5;

styles 5.

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

teeth 10, becoming outwardly coiled.

cylindric, slightly curved, 4.5–6.5 mm, 1.5–2 times as long as sepals;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

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

tubercles ± pointed;

testa not inflated.

pale yellowish brown, 0.4–0.6 mm, finely tuberculate;

testa not inflated.

= 36.

= 36.