Flora of North America species comparison

(slender to stout), 10–30 cm, glabrous.

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

blades oval to obovate or elliptic, 1.5–3.5 cm, base cuneate to rounded, margins serrate to ± crenate (teeth usually tipped with minute, glandular bristles), apex obtuse, 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, drooping, secund racemes;

peduncle reddish, 2–6 cm, sparsely hairy;

bracts light green, oblanceolate, 2.5–3.5 mm, not exceeding sepals, glabrous.

axillary, solitary flowers;

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

green, 4–8 mm, sparsely hairy;

bracteoles 1–3, pink to reddish, narrowly oblanceolate to subulate, 1–2 mm, glabrous.

green, 0.5–1.5 mm, glabrous;

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

sepals 5, connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, dark green, deltate, 1.5–2 mm, glabrous;

petals 5, connate nearly their entire lengths, cream to light pink, 5–6 mm, glabrous, corolla urceolate, lobes 0.5 mm;

filaments broadest proximally, tapering distally, minutely ciliate marginally;

anthers with 2 bifurcating awns, dehiscent by subterminal pores proximal to awns.

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.

white, 6–8 mm wide.

red, 5–7 mm wide.