Flora of North America species comparison

internodes 2–4-lined.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

narrowly pyramidal-ovoid, 6 × 2.4 mm.

carinate, 2–2.7 mm;

testa coarsely reticulate.

not carinate, 0.6–0.8 mm;

testa finely foveolate-reticulate.