Flora of North America species comparison

internodes 4-lined.

internodes 4-lined at first, soon 4-angled, then terete, dull silvery, glaucous.

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.

blades linear-subulate to acicular, (9–)12–17 × 0.5–0.8 mm, glaucous, base articulated, parallel or almost so, margins revolute, apex obtuse to rounded, midrib unbranched.

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

narrowly cylindric, 1–3-flowered, usually with paired flowers or triads from to 9 proximal nodes.

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.

20 mm diam.;

sepals deciduous, not enclosing capsule, 5, linear-subulate, subequal, 7–8 × 0.5–0.8 mm, glaucous;

petals 5, bright yellow, obovate-spatulate, 10–12 mm;

stamens deciduous, 170–220;

ovary 3-merous;

styles 5 mm.

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

narrowly ovoid to ellipsoid, 6–7 × 2.5–3.5 mm.

0.5–0.6(–0.7) mm;

testa obscurely linear-reticulate to irregularly reticulate.

narrowly carinate, 1–1.6 mm;

testa coarsely reticulate-sulcate.

= 24.

= 18.