Flora of North America species comparison

gradually ramified distally.

gradually ramified distally.

ascending to suberect, 10–12(–30) cm.

spreading to suberect, 1.5–2 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 at or soon after anthesis, sessile, blade narrowly oblanceolate, somewhat flattened, 1–2 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse;

cauline leaves absent.

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.

racemose cymes, 2–3-flowered, sometimes with flowers borne singly;

bracts 5, proximalmost 3 in whorl, distalmost 2 opposite, subtending 2d (and 3d) flowers, oblong to oblong-obovate, 3–5 mm, 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, disarticulate in fruit;

sepals 3–4, white to pinkish, 8–12 mm, scarious at anthesis, margins entire, apex obtuse;

petals 7–9, white to pinkish, oblanceloate, 8–12 mm;

stamens 7–9;

stigmas 4–6;

pedicel 3–9 mm.

3–5 mm.

7–10 mm.

4–15, 1.5 mm, shiny, smooth.

5–10, 1.5–2.5 mm, smooth.