Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate, loosely mat-forming, 5–40 cm, glabrous, sometimes slightly glaucous.

decumbent or slightly ascending, branched, often densely clumped, previous year's dead stems not persistent, 17–27 cm, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely villous.

opposite;

stipules usually distinct, linear-subulate, usually irregularly fringed or lobed, rarely laciniate, 0.4–2 mm, glabrous;

petiole 0.2–2 mm, glabrous;

blade narrowly oblong to oblong-obovate or oblong-ovate, 3–15 × 2–7 mm, base asymmetric, one side angled and other rounded to shallowly cordate, margins minutely sparsely serrulate, especially near apex and on longer side, apex rounded to obtuse, abaxial surface usually pale grayish green, adaxial surface sometimes reddish tinged or with reddish blotch, both surfaces glabrous; palmately veined at base, pinnate distally.

alternate;

stipules 0.1–0.2 mm;

petiole (0–)1–2 mm, glabrous;

blade usually linear, obovate, or oblanceolate to orbiculate, rarely filiform, proximal greatly reduced, scalelike, 15–70 × 1.5–13 mm gradually smaller proximally, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded, broadly acute, or emarginate, surfaces glabrous;

venation occasionally obscure on smaller leaves, midvein conspicuous.

obconic, 0.6–0.9 × 0.3–0.6 mm, glabrous;

glands 4, red to purple, narrowly oblong-elliptic, 0.1–0.2 × 0.1–0.5 mm;

appendages white or pinkish tinged, semilunate and fringing distal margin of gland, 0.1–0.3 × 0.1–0.3 mm, distal margin usually irregularly crenulate or lobed.

yellow or yellow-green, hemispheric, 1–1.2 × 2–2.4 mm, glabrous;

glands 5, yellow or yellow-green, obovate or elliptic, 0.7–0.8 × 1–1.2 mm;

appendages white or green, often forming narrow rim around distal margin of gland, 0–0.2 mm, entire.

1–5.

10–20.

ovary glabrous;

styles 0.1–0.3 mm, 2-fid 1/2 length.

ovary glabrous;

styles 0.4–0.8 mm, 2-fid at apex.

broadly ovoid, 1.3–1.9 × 1.6–2 mm, glabrous;

columella 1.3–1.5 mm.

globose, 2.3–3.4 × 3.5–4.2 mm, glabrous;

columella 3–3.1 mm.

with thin white coat that readily falls off, surface below tan brown, oblong-ovoid, sharply angular in cross section, 1–1.4 × 0.6–0.9 mm, with 3–4(–6) prominent transverse ridges that usually interrupt abaxial keel.

white or brown, ovoid, 2.3–2.5 × 1.5 mm, angular, with 5 longitudinal ridges, shallowly and irregularly pitted;

caruncle absent.

solitary or in small, cymose clusters at distal nodes;

peduncle 0.5–1.6 mm.

usually in terminal dichasia, sometimes pleiochasia;

peduncle 10–50(–70) mm, glabrous.

= 22.