Flora of North America species comparison

erect, simple or sometimes branched distally, 1–10 dm, glabrous (rarely sparsely stipitate-glandular or pubescent near nodes);

rhizomes slender;

bulblets absent.

erect, simple, 3–8 dm, pubescent distally;

rhizomes stout;

bulblets absent.

opposite or whorled near stem apex, dimorphic;

distal petioles absent or 0.1–0.7 cm, proximal 0.3–2(–3.5) cm, ciliate proximally, cilia 0.3–1.2(–2) mm;

distal blades narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, proximal blades broadly elliptic or lanceolate, distal 3–18 × 0.2–1.6 cm, proximal 2–5 × 0.6–1.8 cm, bases of distal leaves cuneate, decurrent, bases of proximal leaves rounded to obtuse or cuneate, decurrent, margins entire (rarely serrulate), plane, ciliolate proximally, apex rounded to acute or acuminate, surfaces not punctate, glabrous;

venation pinnate-arcuate.

opposite to subopposite or whorled;

petiole absent or 0.1–0.2(–0.4) cm, eciliate;

blade lanceolate or linear-lanceolate to elliptic, 5–16 × 0.5–6 cm, base truncate to rounded or cuneate, not decurrent, margins entire, plane, eciliolate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces punctate, glabrous or sometimes sparsely pubescent abaxially;

venation pinnate.

axillary, solitary flowers.

axillary, racemes, 1–3 cm.

1–5 cm, glabrous to sparsely stipitate-glandular (rarely pubescent).

0.1–0.4 cm, stipitate-glandular or pubescent.

sepals 5, calyx not streaked, 3.5–8(–10) mm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular, lobes narrowly lanceolate to ovate, margins thin;

petals 5, corolla yellow, sometimes with slightly reddish base, not streaked, rotate, 4–10 mm, lobes with margins slightly erose apically, apex apiculate or mucronate, sparsely stipitate-glandular adaxially;

filaments distinct or nearly so, shorter than corolla;

staminodes 0.7–1 mm.

sepals 5–7(–9), calyx streaked with dark resin canals, 1–2.8 mm, glabrous, lobes narrowly lanceolate, margins thin;

petals 5–7(–9), corolla light yellow, streaked with black or reddish-brown resin canals, somewhat funnelform, 3–7 mm, lobes with margins entire, apex rounded to acuminate, eglandular;

filaments distinct or connate ca. 0.2 mm, nearly 2 times as long as corolla;

staminodes absent (rarely staminodelike minute teeth present between fertile filaments).

2–5 mm, usually not punctate, glabrous or slightly stipitate-glandular distally.

2–3 mm, dark-punctate, glabrous.

= 34.

= 40, 42, 54.