Flora of North America species comparison

orange-yellow, slender.

yellow, filiform.

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.

dense, glomerulate or corymbiform;

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

(0.5–)1–5 mm.

0.5–1 mm, papillate.

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, 2.1–4 mm, slightly fleshy, perianth cells convex, domelike, papillate on corolla, ovary, and capsule;

calyx brownish yellow, campanulate-cupulate, 1/2 corolla tube length, divided 1/2 its length, not reticulate, not shiny, lobes triangular-ovate, bases not overlapping, margins entire, midvein carinate, sometimes with multicellular projections, apex enlarged, each with a hornlike appendage 0.5–0.7 mm;

corolla creamy white, drying brownish, 1.8–3.5 mm, tube campanulate-urceolate, 1.5–2.5 mm, not saccate, lobes erect, connivent, triangular-ovate, 1/4–1/3 corolla tube length, margins entire, apex acute, inflexed;

infrastaminal scales relatively poorly developed, oblong, 1.3–1.2 mm, 4/5 corolla tube length, bridged at 0.2–0.3 mm, truncate, irregularly dentate or short-fimbriate distally, fimbriae 0.05–0.1 mm;

stamens included, shorter than corolla lobes;

filaments 0.4–0.5 mm;

anthers 0.4–0.7 × 0.3–0.5 mm;

styles filiform, 0.2–0.4 mm, shorter 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, 1.8–2.5 × 1.9–3 mm, thickened and raised in collar around style base, translucent, surrounded or capped by withered corolla, indehiscent.

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

3 or 4, shape heterogeneous on same plant: obcompressed to weakly angled, broadly ellipsoid to transversely oblique, 1.3–1.6 × 1.2–1.4 mm, hilum region subterminal.

= 30.