Flora of North America species comparison

basal;

petiole 0.5–3(–5) cm;

blade elliptic to obovate or spatulate, 1–3(–3.5) × 0.2–1(–2.5) cm, thinly pubescent adaxially, sparsely tomentose abaxially.

basal;

petiole 1–4 cm;

blade oblanceolate, (0.5–)1–4(–5) × (0.2–)0.3–0.6 cm, villous.

open, reddish;

bracts 3 at proximal node, otherwise 2, sessile, scalelike, linear, acicular, often acerose, 0.1–0.5 cm × 0.5–1 mm, awns straight, 1–2 mm.

rather dense with secondary branches suppressed, grayish to reddish;

bracts 2, similar to proximal leaf blades only reduced, short-petiolate, becoming linear and aciculate at distal nodes, acerose, 1–4 cm × 2–8(–10) mm, awns absent.

1(–5+), reddish or greenish, cylindric, not ventricose, 4–6(–7) mm, finely corrugate, with thin hyaline margins between teeth, sparsely to densely pubescent;

teeth divergent, unequal, 3 longer ones 1–3 mm, alternating with 3 shorter ones 0.3–1 mm;

awns straight, unequal, 3 longer ones 1–2.5(–3) mm, shorter one (0.3–)0.5–1.5 mm.

1, reddish, cylindric, not ventricose, 1.5–2(–2.5) mm, without scarious margins or if so then pinkish, thin, and restricted to basal portion of teeth, not corrugate, villous abaxially;

teeth spreading, equal, 0.5–1.5(–2) mm;

awns uncinate with longer ones 1.5–2.5 mm and anterior one mostly 2–2.5 mm, these alternating with shorter 1–1.5 mm ones.

exserted;

perianth bicolored, with floral tube yellow to yellowish white and tepals white to rose, becoming dark rose to red with age, cylindric, 6–9(–10) mm, glabrous abaxially except for few to several scattered hairs ca. midlength along midribs;

tepals connate 1/2 their length, monomorphic, oblong, fimbriate to laciniate apically;

stamens 9, included;

filaments distinct, 3–8 mm, glabrous;

anthers pink to red, oblong, 0.5–0.7 mm.

slightly exserted;

perianth bicolored with floral tube white and tepals white to rose, campanulate, 2–3 mm, pubescent abaxially;

tepals connate 1/3 their length, monomorphic, oblong, usually rounded and erose apically;

stamens 3 or 6–9, slightly exserted;

filaments distinct, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous;

anthers cream to rose, ovate, 0.2–0.3 mm.

brown, lenticular, 3–4 mm.

light brown, globose-lenticular, 2–2.5 mm.

= 38, 40, (42, 44, 46).