Flora of North America species comparison

gradually ramified distally.

cormlike, globose.

procumbent to erect, 1–3 cm.

lax to erect, 3–11 cm.

basal leaves withering at or soon after anthesis, sessile, blade linear to clavate, subterete or grooved adaxially, 0.5–5 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute;

cauline leaves absent.

basal leaves withering before anthesis, ± sessile, blade narrowly linear to filiform, subcylindric, 1–6 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute;

cauline leaves 2–3(–5), paired or whorled, blade similar to basal leaves, 10–50 mm.

with flowers borne singly;

bracts 4–7(–8), whorled, subulate to linear-lanceolate, 4–10 mm, margins entire, apex acuminate.

usually subumbellate to paniculate cymes, (1–)3–25-flowered;

bracts 2 per flower, ovate to lanceolate, 1–5 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute.

pedicellate, disarticulate in fruit;

sepals (4–)6–9, broadly elliptic to ovate, 10–25 mm, scarious after anthesis, margins entire to somewhat erose, apex obtuse to rounded;

petals 10–19, usually rose to pink, sometimes lavender, sometimes with paler or white centers, or wholly white, elliptic, oblong, or narrowly oblanceolate, 15–35 mm;

stamens 20–50;

stigmas 4–9;

pedicel (1–)3–15(–30) mm.

pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit;

sepals 2, ovate, 2–4 mm, herbaceous, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse;

petals 5–9, white or pinkish with darker veins, elliptic-obovate to elliptic-ovate, 4–7 mm;

stamens (3–)4(–5);

stigmas 3–5;

pedicel 5–15(–25) mm.

5–6 mm.

3–4 mm.

6–25, 2–2.5 mm, shiny, minutely papillate.

8–25, 1 mm, shiny, shallowly tuberculate.

= 26, 28.