Flora of North America species comparison

2 or more from each rosette, spreading to ascending, 2–11 cm.

1 from each rosette, ascending to erect, to 60 cm.

basal and cauline;

basal in single, prostrate rosette;

blade spatulate, 1–3 cm.

basal in 2–many prostrate rosettes, blade spatulate, (0.5–)2–7(–15) cm;

cauline leaves usually absent.

paniculate or racemose scorpioid cymes, becoming secund, open to dense.

umbellate or subumbellate, dense, globose, 1–2 cm diam.

subsessile;

sepals ovate, orbiculate, or reniform, unequal, 2–5 mm, margins scarious;

petals 3(–4), white or pinkish, 1.5–3 mm;

stamens 1–3, anther yellow;

style absent;

stigmas 2.

subsessile;

sepals orbiculate, equal, 3–8 mm, scarious;

petals 4, white, 3–8 mm;

stamens 3, anther red or yellow;

style exserted, filiform;

stigmas 2.

ovoid to cylindric, 3–7 mm;

valves 2.

globose, 2–3 mm;

valves 2.

10–15, black, orbicular, 0.6–0.7 mm, shiny.

1–8, black, orbicular-reniform, 0.7–1.2 mm, shiny.

= 44.

= 44.