Flora of North America species comparison

orange-yellow, slender.

pale yellow, medium.

loose to dense, corymbiform;

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

loose, paniculiform;

bracts at bases of clusters and pedicels, and on pedicels, 2–4, ovate-orbiculate to ovate-triangular, membranous, margins ± irregularly serrulate, apex obtuse or acute to bluntly cuspidate.

(0.5–)1–5 mm.

2–5 mm.

5-merous, 2.5–4.5 mm, membranous, not papillate or corolla lobes papillate;

calyx yellow, cylindric to narrowly campanulate, equaling corolla tube length, divided 1/2 its length, not reticulate, ± glossy, lobes lance-ovate to lanceolate, bases not overlapping, margins entire, midvein not carinate, apex acute to acuminate;

corolla white, drying creamy white, 2.2–4 mm, tube cylindric-campanulate to obconic, 1.2–2 mm, not saccate, lobes spreading to reflexed, lance-oblong to lance-ovate, equaling corolla tube length, margins entire or irregular, apex acute to acuminate or cuspidate, sometimes appearing tridentate, straight;

infrastaminal scales oblong to obovate, 1–1.7 mm, 4/5 corolla tube length, bridged at 0.2–0.4 mm, rounded, uniformly densely fimbriate, fimbriae 0.1–0.3 mm;

stamens exserted at full anthesis, shorter than corolla lobes;

filaments 0.3–0.7 mm;

anthers 0.3–0.7 × 0.2–0.5 mm;

styles uniformly filiform, 0.4–0.9 mm, shorter than ovary.

5-merous, 3.5–4.2 mm, membranous, not papillate;

calyx creamy yellow, campanulate, 1/2 corolla tube length, divided to base or nearly so, finely reticulate, shiny, lobes ovate, bases overlapping, margins finely serrulate, midvein not carinate, apex acute to cuspidate;

corolla white, drying creamy white, 3.3–4 mm, tube cylindric-campanulate, 2.2–3 mm, not saccate, lobes reflexed, ovate-oblong to ovate-triangular, 1/3–1/2 corolla tube length, margins entire, apex cuspidate-acute to obtuse, straight;

infrastaminal scales oblong, rounded, 2–2.7 mm, 3/4–4/5 corolla tube length, bridged at 1–1.4 mm, ± uniformly densely fimbriate, fimbriae 0.3–0.6 mm;

stamens exserted, slightly shorter than corolla lobes;

filaments 0.6–0.9 mm;

anthers 0.6–0.8 × 0.4–0.5 mm;

styles filiform, 2–2.6 mm, longer than ovary.

ellipsoid-ovoid, 1.6–2.5 × 1.7–2.4 mm, thickened and raised around relatively small interstylar aperture, not translucent, surrounded or capped by withered corolla, indehiscent.

globose to depressed-globose, 2.5–3 × 2.8–3.2 mm, with thickened and raised ridge or collar around relatively small interstylar aperture, translucent, capped by withered corolla, indehiscent.

1, ± obcompressed, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 1.3–1.5 × 1.2–1.4 mm, hilum region subterminal.

2–4, angled, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, 1.1–1.4 × 1–1.1 mm, hilum region ± terminal.

= 30.

= 30.