Flora of North America species comparison

gradually ramified distally.

gradually ramified distally.

semiprostrate to suberect, 3–8 cm.

procumbent, 1.5–14 cm.

basal leaves withering at or immediately following anthesis, ± sessile or tapered to broad petiole, blade oblanceolate, ± flattened, 3–8 cm, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse;

cauline leaves absent.

basal leaves withering after anthesis, gradually tapered to broad petiole, blade oblanceolate, spatulate, or obovate, flattened, 2.5–8.5 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse;

cauline leaves absent.

flowers borne singly on peduncles;

bracts 2, ovate to broadly lanceolate, 5–7 mm, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate.

subumbellate cymes, 1–3-branched, 3–11-flowered;

bracts several, usually an opposite pair proximally, plus 2 at each flowering node distally, ovate to elliptical, 1.8–3 mm, margins glandular-toothed, apex acute.

sessile, not disarticulate in fruit;

sepals 2, decussate with bracts, ovate, 4–9 mm, herbaceous, margins entire, not glandular, apex acute;

petals 5–9, white, sometimes with pink veins, or pinkish, obovate, 12–26 mm;

stamens 9–15;

stigmas 5–8.

pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit;

sepals 2, broadly ovate, 3.5–7 mm, herbaceous at anthesis, margins glandular-toothed, apex rounded to truncate;

petals 7–10, magenta or carmine with whitish bases, veins darker, oblanceolate or obovate, 8–10 mm;

stamens 10–13;

stigmas 3–4;

pedicel 8–25 mm.

6–9 mm.

5–7 mm.

40–50, 1.5 mm, shiny.

20, 1.5–2 mm, shiny, smooth.

= 20.