Flora of North America species comparison

clustered, internodes not lined, with black glands scattered all over.

internodes 4-lined at first, soon 4-angled, then terete, not glaucous.

spreading or ascending, usually sessile, rarely petiolate (to 1 mm);

blade elliptic or oblong to lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, or oblanceolate, 14–40(–58) × 3–17(–22.5) mm, base cordate to narrowly cuneate, margins plane, apex usually rounded to retuse, rarely acute to obtuse, midrib with 3–5 pairs of branches, tertiary veins densely reticulate toward margins, black glands intramarginal (dense) and laminar (scattered).

blades linear-subulate, 8–25 × 0.5–0.7 mm, not glaucous, base articulated, parallel or slightly expanded, margins revolute, apex acute, midrib unbranched.

subcorymbiform to cylindric, 10–206(–600)-flowered, subsidiary branches narrowly ascending to curved-ascending.

shortly cylindric, 1–3-flowered, often with single flowers or triads from 1–2 proximal nodes.

8–15 mm diam.;

sepals not imbricate, erect in fruit, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate to elliptic or ovate-elliptic, subequal, (1.5–)2–4 × 0.8–1.6 mm, apex acute to rounded;

petals pale yellow, oblanceolate to elliptic, 3–6(–9) mm;

stamens (20–)30–60;

anther gland black;

styles 1–4 mm.

12–15 mm diam.;

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

petals 5, bright yellow, oblong-spatulate, 7–9 mm;

stamens deciduous, 75;

ovary 3-merous;

styles 2.5–4 mm.

ovoid to subglobose, 2.5–6 × 2–3.5(–4) mm, with longitudinal vittae or elongate to ovoid vesicles.

narrowly pyramidal-ovoid, 6 × 2.4 mm.

not carinate, 0.5–0.7 mm;

testa linear-reticulate.

not carinate, 0.6–0.8 mm;

testa finely foveolate-reticulate.

= 14, 16.