Flora of North America species comparison

internodes 4-lined.

internodes 4-lined.

ascending to deflexed, sessile;

blade narrowly oblong-elliptic (proximal) or lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 10–30 × 3–8 mm, mostly longer than internodes, not or scarcely smaller distally, leathery, margins plane, apex acute, basal or near-basal veins 1–3(–5), midrib with 0–2 pairs of branches.

erect to suberect, sessile;

blade linear or linear-subulate to linear-lanceolate, 5–22 × 0.5–1 mm, subcoriaceous, margins recurved to revolute, apex acute to obtuse, basal vein 1, midrib unbranched.

broadly pyramidal to subcorymbiform, 1(–30)-flowered, branching mostly dichasial.

narrowly to broadly triangular, 1–12-flowered, branching mostly monochasial.

4–10 mm diam.;

sepals lanceolate, usually unequal, 3–5 × 0.8–1 mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex acute to acuminate;

petals orange-yellow, obovate, 6–10 mm;

stamens 50–80, irregularly grouped;

styles 2–4 mm;

stigmas capitate.

5–8 mm diam.;

sepals narrowly oblong to linear-lanceolate, subequal, 3–7 × 0.7–1.3 mm, apex acute;

petals golden yellow to orange-yellow, oblong, 4–7 mm;

stamens 10–22, separate or obscurely 3-fascicled;

styles (0.5–)0.8–1.5 mm;

stigmas broadly capitate.

ellipsoid to rostrate-subglobose, 3–4.5 × 2–2.5 mm.

narrowly ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, 3.5–7 × 2.5–3 mm, length 1–1.2 times sepals.

0.5–0.6(–0.7) mm;

testa obscurely linear-reticulate to irregularly reticulate.

0.9–1.1 mm;

testa finely scalariform.

= 24.

= 24.