Flora of North America species comparison

internodes 2–4-lined.

internodes 4-lined at first, then terete.

blades narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong to linear, 30–70 × 3–15 mm, base not articulated, narrowly cuneate to linear, margins plane to revolute, apex subacute to rounded, midrib with 0–4 pairs of branches.

spreading, sessile;

blade narrowly elliptic to narrowly elliptic-oblong, 20–70 × 5–15 mm, (proximal usually narrower), base narrowly cuneate to subangustate, margins plane, apex acute to apiculate-obtuse, midrib with 8–12 pairs of branches, tertiary veins densely reticulate toward margins.

rounded-corymbiform, 7–70-flowered, narrowly branched, sometimes with dichasia or branches from to 8 proximal nodes.

broadly rounded-pyramidal to broadly cylindric, to 30-flowered.

10–15 mm diam.;

sepals persistent, not enclosing capsule, 5, broadly ovate to oblong-elliptic, ± unequal, 2.5–5 × 1.5–3 mm;

petals 5, bright yellow, oblanceolate-elliptic to elliptic, 5–9 mm;

stamens persistent, 45–85;

ovary 3-merous, placentation parietal.

sepals lanceolate, unequal, 3–4.5 × 1–2.2 mm;

petals bright yellow, not red-tinged, oblanceolate-unguiculate, 12–17 mm;

anther gland yellow to orange;

styles widely spreading, 8–14 mm.

broadly ovoid to depressed-globose, 4.5–8 × 4–7 mm.

pyramidal-ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 9–12 × 7–8 mm.

carinate, 2–2.7 mm;

testa coarsely reticulate.

1.5–2 mm, narrowly winged;

testa linear-reticulate to linear-foveolate.

= 40.