Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or prostrate, branched.

prostrate, highly branched.

reddish green;

stipules lanceolate, 0.5–0.6 mm, margins dentate, apex acute;

petiole (0–)1–3 mm;

blade narrowly oblong to ovate, 3–8 × 1–3 mm, base cuneate to rounded, apex rounded to obtuse.

light green to green;

stipules triangular or ovate-lanceolate, 0.7–1 mm, margins dentate, apex acute or obtuse;

petiole 0–3 mm;

blade linear, lanceolate, or narrowly oblong, 3–10 × 1.5–3.5 mm, base attenuate, apex acute or obtuse.

0–0.4 mm, erect.

0.3–0.4 mm, erect.

sepals (2–)3, equal, oblong-ovate, 1.1–1.3 × 0.3 mm;

petals 3, pinkish, elliptic or ovate, 1–1.5 × 0.5 mm;

stamens 3;

styles 3.

sepals (2–)3(–4), usually 1 reduced, ovate, 0.5(–0.7) × 0.2–0.4 mm;

petals 3, white or reddish, widely ovate or elliptic, 0.6–1.2 × 0.5 mm;

stamens 3;

styles 3.

globose, 3-locular, 1.1–1.7 mm diam.

compressed-globose, 3-locular, 1.2–1.7[–2] mm diam.

(6–)10–15 per locule, oblong, straight or curved to 30°, 0.3–0.5 × 0.1–0.3 mm;

pits ± round, length 1–2 times width, in 6(–8) rows, (9–)14–17 per row.

10–25 per locule, oblong, straight or slightly curved, 0.4–0.5 × 0.1–0.2 mm;

pits angular-hexagonal, length 2–3 times width, in 6–8 rows, 16–25 per row.

= ca. 40.