Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent, branches ascending to erect, (reddish), 15–30 cm, lanate (hairs white to brownish), sometimes glabrescent.

spreading and repent, 10–30 cm, (slender), usually hirtellous, sometimes glabrous.

blades broadly ovate to subcordate, 2–4 cm, base rounded to cordate, margins crenulate to serrate, apex acute to, rarely, rounded, surfaces glabrous.

blades orbiculate, ovate, or broadly elliptic, 1–2.5 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins serrulate (teeth bristle-tipped), apex obtuse or acute, surfaces glabrous.

axillary, solitary flowers;

bracts reddish, ovate, 1–1.5 mm, not exceeding sepals, sparsely hairy.

axillary, solitary flowers;

bracts green with reddish margins, broadly ovate, 2.5–3 mm, exceeding sepals, glabrous.

green or red tinged, 1–1.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy;

bracteoles 2–6 (in pairs), dark green or red tinged, ovate, 1–2 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy.

green, 0.5–1.5 mm, glabrous;

bracteoles 1–3, green or pink-tinged, deltate, 0.5–1 mm, glabrous.

sepals 5, connate basally, reddish, ovate, 1.5–2 mm, lanate-hairy;

petals 5, connate nearly their entire lengths, white to pinkish, 3–4 mm, glabrous, corolla urceolate to campanulate, lobes 1 mm;

filaments conspicuously wider proximally (base with rounded, auriclelike projections), glabrous;

anthers without awns, dehiscent by terminal pores.

sepals 5, connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, red to deep pink, narrowly ovate, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous;

petals 5, connate basally, white to pale pink, 2.5–4 mm, glabrous, corolla campanulate, lobes (spreading), 1.5–3 mm;

filaments broadest proximally, glabrous;

anthers without awns, dehiscent by terminal pores.

bright red, 5–7 mm wide.

red, 5–7 mm wide.