Flora of North America species comparison

flowering stems ascending from elongate decumbent bases, branched, 15–45 cm, viscid, glandular in distal and mid-stem region, proximal portion with deflexed, long, soft, eglandular hairs, mostly in alternating longitudinal lines; nonflowering shoots horizontal, leafy.

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.

sometimes marces-cent, sessile, highly variable;

blade tending to be succulent, pubescent on both surfaces or ± glabrous abaxially except on midrib and margins;

leaves of mid and distal stem largest, blade ovate-lanceolata to linear-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 15–42 × 3.5–7 mm, apex acute;

proximal leaves smaller, with tufts of small leaves in their axils, blade oblanceolate to linear-oblong, 10–30 × 2–7 mm, often spatulate, apex ± obtuse.

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, 1–12-flowered cymes;

bracts glandular-pubescent, proximal bract often foliaceous, broadly lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate;

distal bracts lance-elliptic to lanceolate, margins narrow, scarious.

lax, 3–13-flowered cymes;

bracts lanceolate, margins scarious, pubescent.

straight or sometimes curving near apex in fruit, tending to be stout, 10–35 mm, ca. 2–4 times as long as capsules, rarely more, pubescence dense, glandular, viscid.

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

large and showy;

sepals lanceolate, 6–9 mm, margins broad, apex acute, densely glandular-pubescent, viscid;

petals broadly oblanceolate, large, 10–15 mm, 2–3 times as long as sepals, apex 2-fid;

stamens 10;

anthers 0.9–1.2 mm;

styles 5.

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.

broadly cylindric, ca. straight, 8–15 × 4–5 mm, 1.5–2 times as long as sepals;

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

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

teeth 10, erect, margins convolute.

reddish brown, 1–1.5 mm, tuberculate;

testa not inflated, tightly enclosing seed.

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

testa not inflated.

= 72.

= 72.