Flora of North America species comparison

internodes 4-lined.

internodes 4-lined at first, soon 2-lined to terete.

blades oblong or elliptic to obovate, 4–25 × 2–12 mm, base not articulated, cuneate, margins plane, apex rounded, midrib with 2–4 pairs of branches.

blades narrowly elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate to linear, 20–45 × 2–7 mm, base articulated, narrowly cuneate to attenuate, margins recurved to revolute, apex apiculate-rounded to subacute, midrib with 14–17 pairs of branches.

1(–5)-flowered.

broadly pyramidal to broadly cylindric, 5–25-flowered from apical node, with (2–)5–15-flowered dichasia from 1–2 proximal nodes.

20–25 mm diam.;

sepals persistent, not enclosing capsule, 5, broadly elliptic to elliptic-spatulate or obovate, subequal, 4–5 × 2.5–3 mm;

petals 5, golden yellow, oblanceolate, 6–10.5 mm;

stamens persistent, 100;

ovary 3-merous.

10–17(–20) mm diam.;

sepals deciduous, not enclosing capsule, 5, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate-spatulate, unequal or subequal, 4–6 × 1–1.5 mm, basal veins 1–3;

petals 5, deep golden yellow, obovate-oblanceolate, 6–9 mm;

stamens deciduous, 100–150;

ovary 3–4(–5)-merous.

ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, 8–12 × 5 mm.

narrowly ovoid conic to cylindric-ovoid, 5–6(–7) × 2–3 mm, not or scarcely lobed.

narrowly to broadly carinate, 1.5–2 mm;

testa finely foveolate-reticulate.

not carinate, 0.8–1.3 mm;

testa linear-reticulate.

= 18.