Flora of North America species comparison

ascending or prostrate, branched.

prostrate or erect, branched.

usually green, sometimes reddish green;

stipules triangular, 0.5–0.6 mm, margins entire, apex acute;

petiole 1–3 mm;

blade obovate to broadly spatulate, 3–4(–8) × 0.5–2.5 mm, base cuneate to rounded, apex obtuse to slightly emarginate.

green;

stipules lanceolate, 1 mm, margins dentate, apex acute;

petiole 0.1–1 mm;

blade lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 2–6 × 0.5–1.5 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse to acute.

absent.

0.5–2.5 mm, recurved in fruit.

sepals 2–3, if 2, equal, if 3, 1 smaller, oblong, 0.5 × 0.3 mm;

petals 3, pinkish white to reddish, elliptic to ovate, 1–1.5 × 0.5 mm;

stamens 3;

styles 3.

sepals 3, equal, oblong-ovate or broadly lanceolate, 0.5 × 0.3 mm;

petals 0 or 3, reddish, long-elliptic or ovate, 1–1.5 × 0.5 mm;

stamens 3;

styles 3.

depressed-ovoid, 3-locular, 1.5–2 mm diam.

oblong-ovoid, 3-locular, 1 mm diam.

23–33 per locule, ellipsoid, straight or curved to 20°, 0.4–0.5 × 0.1–0.2 mm;

pits angular-hexagonal, length 3–5 times width, in 6 rows, 16–25(–35) per row.

10 per locule, narrowly oblong, straight or curved 15–30°, 0.3 × 0.1 mm;

pits obscure, round, length 1–4 times width, in 6 rows, 19–25(–30) per row.