Flora of North America species comparison

stiffly ascending-spreading, few to many-branched.

erect to ascending, branches diffuse.

alternate, appressed;

stipular glands present at basal nodes or throughout;

blade linear, 7–20 × 0.5–l.9 mm, margins entire, not ciliate, apex aristate.

alternate, ascending;

stipular glands present throughout or at distal nodes only;

blade linear, 5–25 × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire, sometimes glandular, not ciliate, apex acute.

racemes.

panicles.

3–15 mm.

10 mm.

sepals deciduous, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 4–7 mm, margins scarious, delicately glandular-toothed, apex aristate;

petals yellow to yellow-orange throughout, oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 5–10 mm;

stamens (3–)4–7 mm;

anthers 0.4–1 mm;

staminodia present or absent;

styles connate nearly to apex, 2–5.7 mm;

stigmas green, capitate.

sepals deciduous, mostly lanceolate, 6–11 mm, margins not scarious, all conspicuously glandular-toothed, apex attenuate;

petals yellow-orange to salmon or brownish red, with prominent wine-colored band proximal to middle, broadly obovate, 14–18 mm;

stamens 5–6 mm;

anthers 1.5–2.5 mm;

staminodia absent;

styles connate nearly to apex, 7–9.5 mm;

stigmas capitate.

ovoid, 3.2–4.5 × 2.5–3.4 mm, relatively thick-walled and with characteristic thickened areas at apex in region of true septa, apex obtuse, dehiscing into 5, 2-seeded segments, segments persistent on plant, false septa complete, proximal part membranaceous, not terminating in loose fringe, distal part cartilaginous, margins ciliate.

ovoid, 4 × 3 mm, apex obtuse, dehiscing into 5, 2-seeded segments, segment persistence unknown, apex blunt or subacute, minutely apiculate, false septa complete, proximal part membranaceous, not terminating in loose fringe, distal part cartilaginous, margins not ciliate.

2–3 × 0.8–1.3 mm.

3 × 1.2–1.3 mm.

= 30.