Flora of North America species comparison

alternate or seemingly whorled at ends of twigs;

petiole 1–4 mm;

blade elliptic to oblanceolate, (1.5–)2–5 × 0.6–1.4 cm, base cuneate, margins flat, apex mucronate, surfaces glaucous.

terminal, solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered cymes, 2–4 cm;

bracts leaflike, lanceolate, 10–15 mm, margins entire.

5–10 mm, with 1–2, persistent bracteoles distally.

calyx lobes 5, lanceolate, 7–10 × 2–4 mm, apex acute, ciliate along margins especially basally;

corolla 5-lobed, petals pinkish or copper colored, narrowly elliptic, 10–15 mm;

stamens 8(–10);

filaments glabrous;

anthers 1.7–2 mm;

style (persisting in fruit), curved or recurved, 10–12 mm.

5–6-parted, spheroidal, 5–8 mm, finely pitted, glabrous.

0.5–0.8 mm, testa with conspicuous cells.

= 22.