Flora of North America species comparison

erect to ascending, branched, 3.7–7.5(–10) dm, ± glandular-pubescent, puberulent, or glabrate.

erect to ascending, branched, 4–6 dm, ± glandular-pubescent, white-villous.

malodorous, distal leaves sessile;

petiole 1.4 mm;

blade narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 5–7 × 1.5–3 cm, base cuneate, margins dentate with large, widely spaced teeth, apex acute, gland-dotted (rarely nearly glabrous).

aromatic, distal leaves sessile;

petiole 2–2.5 mm;

blade lanceolate, 2–9 × 0.5–4 cm, base cuneate, margins of distal leaves shallowly dentate to sinuate-pinnatifid, apex acuminate, villous and copiously gland-dotted (rarely nearly glabrous).

terminal and lateral spikes or panicles, 3–8 cm;

glomerules globose, 2.5–3.3 mm diam.;

bracts absent or leaflike, linear, to 2.2 mm, apex acute.

terminal and axillary spikes, 3–15 cm;

glomerules globose, 1.7–2.3 mm diam.;

bracts leaflike, narrowly ovate, 1–1.8 cm, apex acuminate.

perianth segments 5, connate for ca. 1/2 their length, distinct portion ovate, 0.7 mm, apex obtuse, rounded abaxially, glabrous, covering fruit at maturity;

stamens 5;

stigmas 3.

perianth segments 5, connate for ca. 1/2 their length, distinct portion ovate, 0.7–1 mm, apex obtuse, rounded abaxially, villous, covering fruit at maturity;

stamens 5;

stigmas 3.

ovoid;

pericarp nonadherent, smooth, glandular.

ovoid;

pericarp nonadherent, glandular.

horizontal or vertical, reddish brown, ovoid, 0.6–0.8 × 0.8–1 mm;

seed coat smooth.

vertical, black, ovoid, 0.5–0.8 × 0.8 mm;

seed coat smooth.