Flora of North America species comparison

erect or occasionally semierect, usually branching from base, 1–4 dm, farinose to densely farinose.

nonaromatic;

petiole to 0.5 cm;

blade linear, 1-veined, 0.7–2.6(–3) × 0.1–0.3 cm, usually somewhat fleshy, base cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse, densely farinose abaxially.

glomerules in terminal and axillary panicle;

glomerules widely spaced, maturing irregularly;

bracts leaflike in proximal part of inflorescence and linear to 2 × 0.1 mm on terminal branches.

perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base;

lobes lanceolate to elliptic, 0.8–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, prominently keeled abaxially, densely farinose, covering fruit at maturity;

stamens 5;

stigmas 2, 0.1 mm.

ovoid;

pericarp adherent, smooth.

ovoid, 0.9–1.1 mm diam., margins round;

seed coat black, finely rugulate.

= 18.