Flora of North America species comparison

yellow to orange, slender to medium.

orange-yellow, filiform.

dense, corymbiform to glomerulate;

bracts at base of clusters 1, at base of pedicels 0 or 1, ovate or ovate-triangular to lanceolate, membranous, margins entire, apex acute.

loose, corymbiform;

bracts at base of clusters 1, at base of pedicels 0(or 1), ovate-triangular, membranous, margins entire, apex acute.

0.5–3(–4.5) mm.

0.5–2.5(–3) mm.

(4 or)5-merous, 1.4–2.5 mm, membranous, corolla lobes sometimes papillate;

calyx yellow to brown, angled, cupulate, equaling corolla tube length, divided 1/2–2/3 its length, ± reticulate, shiny or not, lobes broadly ovate to rhombic, base auriculate, overlapping, forming prominent angles at sinuses, margins entire, midvein not carinate, without multicellular protuberances, apex rounded;

corolla whitish, drying yellow to brown, 1.2–2.2 mm, tube campanulate, 0.7–1.2 mm, not saccate, lobes spreading, triangular-lanceolate, equaling corolla tube length, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, inflexed;

infrastaminal scales ovate to oblong, 0.7–1.4 mm, equaling or longer than corolla tube length, bridged at 0.3–0.5 mm, rounded, ± uniformly densely fimbriate, 0.15–0.25 mm;

stamens exserted, shorter than corolla lobes;

filaments 0.3–0.4 mm;

anthers 0.2–0.3 × 0.2–0.3 mm;

styles filiform, 0.7–1.1 mm, equaling ovary.

4(or 5)-merous, 0.9–1.1(–1.5) mm, fleshy, corolla lobes papillate;

calyx brownish yellow, angled, cupulate, equaling corolla tube length, divided 1/2–2/3 its length, ± reticulate, rarely shiny, lobes broadly ovate-rhombic, bases ± auriculate, overlapping, forming prominent angles at sinuses, margins entire, midvein ± carinate, apex rounded;

corolla white, drying cream to brownish, 0.9–1.2 mm, tube campanulate, 0.5–0.7 mm, not saccate, lobes reflexed, triangular-ovate, equaling corolla tube length, margins entire, apex subacute to acute, inflexed;

infrastaminal scales narrowly oblong to obovate, 0.6–0.9 mm, equaling or longer than corolla tube length, bridged at 0.2–0.3 mm, rounded, sparsely fimbriate, fimbriae 0.1–0.3 mm;

stamens exserted, slightly shorter than corolla lobes;

filaments 0.1–0.2 mm;

anthers 0.2–0.3 × 0.2–0.3 mm;

styles filiform, 0.5–0.9 mm, shorter than ovary.

depressed-globose to ovoid, 1.9–2.4 × 1.6–2.5 mm, not thickened or raised around relatively medium-sized to large interstylar aperture, translucent or not, base ± enveloped by withered corolla, indehiscent.

globose to ovoid, 1.2–2.3 × 1.2–1.6 mm, not thickened around relatively small to moderately large interstylar aperture, ± translucent, withered corolla enveloping 1/4–1/3 of base, indehiscent.

4, angled, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, 0.9–1.1 × 0.8–1 mm, hilum region subterminal.

1 or 2, subglobose, with longitudinal groove on adaxial face, 0.9–1.1 × 0.8–1.1 mm, hilum region terminal.

= 56.