Flora of North America species comparison

densely leafy distally, nearly leafless proximally, with many slender, ascending branches from base.

erect to ascending, capillary, 1–15 cm.

cauline, alternate, often appearing subverticillate and densely tufted;

stipules absent;

sessile;

blade margins entire.

linear to linear-oblanceolate.

spikes, densely leafy.

bisexual, actinomorphic, buds nodding, becoming erect;

floral tube deciduous (with sepals, petals, and stamens) after anthesis, relatively narrow, with basal nectary;

sepals 4, reflexed singly or in pairs;

petals 4, yellow, fading pale yellowish orange, without spots;

stamens 8 in 2 unequal series, epipetalous ones sometimes very reduced, or 4 in 1 series, epipetalous ones absent, anthers versatile, pollen shed singly;

ovary 4-locular, stigma entire, subglobose, surface probably wet and non-papillate.

opening near sunrise;

floral tube 0.8–2 mm;

sepals 0.8–2.5 mm;

petals 0.8–2.3 mm; episepalous filaments 0.5–2.2 mm, epipetalous filaments 0.1–0.5 mm, sometimes epipetalous stamens absent, anthers of longer stamens 0.2–0.5 mm, those of shorter ones 0.1–0.5 mm;

style 1.7–3 mm, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent near base, stigma 0.4–0.6 mm diam., surrounded by anthers at anthesis.

a capsule, straight, strongly flattened, somewhat torulose, regularly loculicidal, dehiscent nearly throughout length;

sessile.

ascending, strongly flattened from unequal width of valves, (5–)8–10 × 1–1.3 mm.

numerous, in 1 row per locule, narrowly obovoid, smooth, shiny, without dots or blotches.

0.7–1.3 × 0.3–0.4 mm.

–3 × 0.1–0.3 cm.

= 28, 42.