Flora of North America species comparison

internodes 4-angled.

internodes 4-lined.

spreading, sessile or amplexicaul;

blade paler abaxially, ovate, elliptic, or elliptic-oblong (proximal), ovate or suborbiculate to elliptic or lanceolate (mid and distal), 3–27(–40) × 1–15 mm, papery to membranous, margins plane, apex obtuse to rounded, basal veins 3–5, midrib with to 3 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.

cylindric, 5–60-flowered, branching mostly dichasial;

bracts linear-subulate.

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

3–5 mm diam.;

sepals lanceolate to linear-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, equal or unequal, 2–4.5 × 0.6–1.5 mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex usually acute to apiculate, sometimes obtuse to rounded;

petals pale yellow, oblong, 1.7–3.5 mm;

stamens 5–16, scarcely grouped;

styles 0.5 mm;

stigmas broadly 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.

narrowly ovoid to cylindric-ellipsoid, 2–5 × 1.6–2.4 mm, usually broadest at or near middle.

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

0.4–0.7 mm;

testa finely linear-scalariform.

0.9–1.1 mm;

testa finely scalariform.

= 24.