Flora of North America species comparison

usually well branched at base and distally, 3–65 cm, usually flowering only distally.

cauline, sometimes with lower ones clustered near base, these often withered by flowering, 1–11(–13) × 0.2–2.2(–3) cm;

petiole 0–6 cm;

blade very narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, margins denticulate, serrulate, sinuate-toothed, or subentire.

nodding.

opening at sunset;

floral tube (2–)3–8 mm, villous in proximal 1/2 inside;

sepals (2.7–)4–8 mm;

petals usually white fading pink, rarely red and fading red, (3–)3.5–9 mm; episepalous filaments (1.5–)2–5.8 mm, epipetalous filaments slightly shorter, anthers (1–)1.8–2.3 mm;

style (6.5–)8.2–13.5(–15) mm, villous near base, stigma 1.2–2 mm diam., exserted beyond anthers at anthesis.

cylindrical and thickened proximally, spreading to curved downward, contorted to straight, terete or 4-angled, 8–35 × 0.9–3.8 mm, held on dried plants and regularly but tardily dehiscent.

usually dimorphic, rarely monomorphic, those with relatively smooth surfaces light brown, 1.4–2.1 × 0.5–0.7 mm, those of lower portion dark brown, 1.4–2.1 × 0.6–0.9 mm, coarsely papillose.

= 14.