Flora of North America species comparison

alternate;

petiole 0.1–1 mm, hirsute-puberulent;

blade elliptic to ovate, 0.5–1.4 × 0.1–0.8 cm, margins slightly revolute, apex acute, rounded-apiculate, surfaces usually puberulent, hispid, and stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous.

axillary, scattered along stem, usually solitary flowers, sometimes fascicles or compact racemes, 2–5-flowered.

10–15 mm.

sepals tardily deciduous, green, lanceolate, 3–8 mm, apex acute, surfaces puberulent, hispid, stipitate-glandular;

petals connate their entire lengths, pink (rarely white), red near anther pockets, with ring of red spots proximal to pockets, 8–10 × 10–15 mm, usually sparsely hirsute and stipitate-glandular on keels abaxially, puberulent at base adaxially;

filaments 3–4 mm;

style 5–7.5 mm.

5-locular, 2–3.5 × 2–4 mm, sparsely stipitate-glandular.

not winged, ovoid, 0.2–0.5 mm.

= 24.