Flora of North America species comparison

internodes 4-lined.

internodes 4-angled.

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 spreading, sessile;

blade linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate to linear, 5–33 × 0.5–2 mm, leathery, margins plane to revolute, apex acute, basal veins 1(–3), midrib with (0–)1–3 pairs of branches.

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

narrowly V-shaped, 1–50-flowered, branching mostly dichasial.

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.

10–15 mm diam.;

sepals narrowly oblong to narrowly lanceolate, subequal to unequal, 3–7 × 0.8–1.6 mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex acute;

petals golden yellow to orange-yellow, red-tinged , oblanceolate to obovate, 6–10 mm;

stamens 35–50, irregularly 3-fascicled;

styles 2.5–5 mm;

stigmas broadly capitate.

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

± narrowly ovoid-conic, 4–9 × 2–4 mm.

0.5–0.6(–0.7) mm;

testa obscurely linear-reticulate to irregularly reticulate.

0.5–0.7 mm;

testa finely linear-scalariform.

= 24.