Flora of North America species comparison

flowering stems ascending, branched, 15–40 cm; nonflowering stems prostrate proximally, rooting readily, pubescence dense, white-tomentose, eglandular; small axillary tufts of leaves often present.

not marcescent, sessile;

blade linear to linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 10–60 × 2–8 mm, apex ± obtuse, pubescence dense, whitish-tomentose, eglandular on both surfaces.

lax, 3–13-flowered cymes;

bracts lanceolate, margins scarious, pubescent.

ascending, straight, 10–40 mm, 2–7 times as long as sepals, white-tomentose.

12–20 mm diam.;

sepals narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, 5–7 mm, margins narrow, often scarious, apex acute, white-tomentose;

petals obtriangular, 10–18 mm, 2–2.5 times as long as sepals, apex 2-fid;

stamens 10;

styles 5.

cylindric, slightly curved, 10–15 mm, 1.5–2 times as long as sepals;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

brown, ca. 1.5 mm, round tubercles on margins, faces shallowly rugose;

testa not inflated.

= 72.