Flora of North America species comparison

internodes 4-lined.

(main stem) ascending to spreading, sessile;

blade lanceolate to oblong-elliptic or obovate, 10–30(–50) × 3–8(–12) mm, on main stem, longer than internodes, leathery, margins plane, apex usually acute to acuminate, rarely obtuse, basal veins 1–3+, midrib with 2–3 pairs of inconspicuous branches.

broadly cylindric to corymbiform, 25–70-flowered, branching mostly dichasial, subsidiary branches with or without relatively smaller leaves.

8–13 mm diam.;

sepals narrowly ovate to lanceolate, equal, 3–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex acute to acuminate;

petals orange-yellow, obovate, 6–10 mm;

stamens 50–80, irregularly grouped;

styles 2–4 mm;

stigmas capitate.

ovoid to rostrate-subglobose, 3–5 × 2–3 mm.

(0.5–)0.6–0.8(–0.9) mm;

testa reticulate.

= 24.