Flora of North America species comparison

gradually ramified distally.

gradually ramified distally.

ascending to suberect, 10–12(–30) cm.

procumbent to suberect, 10–12(–30) cm.

basal leaves evergreen, sessile or abruptly or gradually narrowed to broad petiole, blade oblanceolate, obovate, spatulate, or rarely ± linear or ± orbiculate, ± flattened, 3–14 cm, margins entire, crisped, or toothed, apex truncate, emarginate, retuse, or rounded;

cauline leaves alternate, intergrading with bracts, blade oblong to ovate, 5–10 mm, margins glandular-toothed, apex acute to occasionally obtuse.

basal leaves evergreen, sessile, blade narrowly linear to linear-oblanceolate, flattened or slightly grooved on adaxial surface, 2–10 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute;

cauline leaves absent, or alternate and intergrading with bracts, blade linear, 5–18 mm, margins entire or eglandular-toothed, apex acute.

dense, paniculate to subumbellate cymes, 10–50-flowered;

bracts alternate or opposite proximally, 2 at each flowering node distally, obovate to lanceolate, 2–4 mm, margins glandular-toothed, apex acute.

paniculate cymes, 20–100-flowered;

bracts alternate proximally, 2 at each flowering node distally, ovate, 2–5 mm, margins toothed to glandular-toothed, apex obtuse.

pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit;

sepals 2, suborbiculate to broadly ovate, 4–6 mm, herbaceous at anthesis, margins glandular-toothed, apex obtuse to truncate;

petals 7–10, usually pink-purple with pale and darker stripes, less often white, cream with pink-orange stripes, ± orange, or yellow, oblanceolate, obovate, or spatulate, (8–)12–20 mm;

stamens 5–12;

stigmas 2–4;

pedicel 2–5 mm.

pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit;

sepals 2, suborbiculate, 1.5–3 mm, herbaceous at anthesis, margins glandular-toothed, apex rounded to truncate;

petals 4–9(–11), white with pink veins to pink to magenta, oblong or obovate, 5–13 mm;

stamens 5–6;

stigmas 2 or 3;

pedicel 5–13 mm.

3–5 mm.

3–6 mm.

4–15, 1.5 mm, shiny, smooth.

(1–)3–7, 1.5–2 mm, shiny, shallowly warted.