Flora of North America species comparison

erect, unbranched or few-branched at base (all flowering).

erect to ascending, branches diffuse.

divergent;

blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 10–40 × 1.5–5 mm.

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.

open panicles.

panicles.

erect in fruit, to 20–25 mm.

10 mm.

homostylous;

sepals ovate, 6–9 mm, margins of inner sepals minutely ciliate, outer ciliate, apex acuminate;

petals usually blue, rarely white, obovate, 10–15 mm;

stamens 5–7 mm;

anthers 1–1.5 mm;

staminodia present;

styles distinct or connate at base, 3–6 mm;

stigmas linear or clavate.

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 to subglobose, 6–10 × 5–10 mm, apex rounded, dehiscing incompletely, segments falling freely, margins ciliate or not.

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.

4–6 × 2.5–3 mm.

3 × 1.2–1.3 mm.

= 30.

= 30.