Flora of North America species comparison

internodes 4-lined.

internodes 4-angled.

blades oblong-ovate to triangular-lanceolate, 8–40 × (5–)7–20 mm, base articulated, subcordate-amplexicaul, margins recurved, apex rounded, midrib with 3 or 4 pairs of branches.

spreading, sessile or amplexicaul;

blade usually ovate-triangular to broadly ovate, rarely oblong (mid and distal blades lanceolate-deltate), 5–25 × 3–12 mm, papery to membranous, margins plane, apex usually subacute, basal veins (3–)5, midrib usually with 1–2 pairs of branches.

hemispheric to ± flat-topped, 7–30-flowered, widely branched, with flowers or flowering branches from to 3 proximal nodes.

laxly corymbiform to cylindric, (1–)5–65-flowered, branching mostly dichasial.

15–25 mm diam.;

sepals persistent, not enclosing capsule, 5, ovate to lanceolate, unequal to subequal, 5–8 × 2–4.5 mm;

petals 5, bright yellow, obovate to oblong-lanceolate, 8–15 mm;

stamens deciduous, 200;

ovary 3(–4)-merous.

4.5–7 mm diam.;

sepals lanceolate to narrowly ovate, equal, 3–5 × 0.8–1.2 mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex acute to acuminate;

petals bright yellow, oblanceolate, 2–4 mm;

stamens 10–14, scarcely grouped;

styles 0.5–0.7 mm;

stigmas broadly capitate.

pyramidal-ovoid, 5–6 × 3–4 mm.

narrowly conic-ellipsoid, 3–5 × 1.5–2 mm, usually broadest at or near middle.

narrowly carinate, 1 mm;

testa shallowly linear-reticulate.

0.5–0.6 mm;

testa finely linear-scalariform.

= 18.

= 16.