Flora of North America species comparison

gradually ramified distally.

gradually ramified distally.

ascending to suberect, 10–12(–30) cm.

± erect, becoming lax with age, 20–60 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 withering after anthesis, abruptly or gradually narrowed to broad petiole, blade oblanceolate, 5–25 cm, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse;

cauline leaves withering after anthesis, alternate, ± sessile, distalmost intergrading with bracts, reduced, blade lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 15–125 mm, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse.

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.

3–7-branched paniculate cymes, 20–100-flowered;

bracts alternate proximally, 2 at each flowering node distally, ovate to orbiculate, 10–20 mm, margins glandular-toothed, apex acute proximally to rounded distally.

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 to broadly obovate, 2–4 mm, herbaceous at anthesis, margins glandular-toothed, apex truncate to rounded;

petals 6–7, pale pink, veins magenta, base yellow-green, obovate, 7.5–10 mm;

stamens 4–5;

stigmas 3;

pedicel 5–10 mm.

3–5 mm.

3–4 mm.

4–15, 1.5 mm, shiny, smooth.

2 mm, shiny.

= ca. 24.