Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent to ascending, usually branched, without noticeable ribs, glabrous or obscurely strigose distally.

decumbent to erect, usually branched distally, without noticeable ribs, glabrous or, rarely, pubescent distally, sometimes glandular-punctate.

ocrea brown, cylindric, 5–23 mm, chartaceous, base inflated, margins truncate, ciliate with bristles (2–)4–10 mm, surface glabrous or strigose, not glandular-punctate;

petiole 0.2–2 cm, glabrous or strigose;

blade without dark triangular or lunate blotch adaxially, broadly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 5–25 × 0.4–3.7 cm, base tapered or acute, margins antrorsely appressed-pubescent, apex acuminate, faces glabrous or appressed-pubescent along midveins and sometimes on faces, usually punctate abaxially.

ocrea light brown, cylindric, 12–23 mm, chartaceous, base inflated, margins truncate, eciliate, surface glabrous, usually obscurely glandular-punctate;

petiole 0.2–2 cm, scabrous;

blade without dark triangular or lunate blotch adaxially, lanceolate, (10–)15–30 × (1.5–)2–5.4 cm, base tapered, margins glabrous or antrorsely strigose, apex acute to acuminate, faces glabrous or scabrous along midveins, sometimes glandular-punctate.

terminal, sometimes also axillary, erect, uninterrupted or interrupted proximally, 30–80 × 2–5 mm;

peduncle 10–30 mm, glabrous or strigose;

ocreolae overlapping distally, often not overlapping proximally, margins ciliate with bristles to 2(–3) mm.

mostly terminal, sometimes also axillary, erect to slightly nodding, usually uninterrupted, 30–100 × 5–9 mm;

peduncle 10–50 mm, glabrous or scabrid, glandular-punctate;

ocreolae usually overlapping, margins eciliate.

ascending, 1–1.5 mm.

erect to spreading, 2–5 mm.

bisexual or unisexual and staminate, 2–6 per ocreate fascicle, homostylous;

perianth roseate proximally, roseate, white, or greenish white distally, not glandular-punctate or sometimes glandular-punctate with punctae on tubes and inner tepals, scarcely accrescent;

tepals 5, connate ca. 1/3–1/2 their length, obovate, 2.5–4 mm in bisexual flowers, 1.5–2.5 mm in staminate flowers, veins prominent or not, not anchor-shaped, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded;

stamens 8, included or exserted in staminate flowers;

anthers pink or red, elliptic to ovate;

styles 3, connate near middle.

(1–)3–8 per ocreate fascicle, homostylous;

perianth greenish white to white or pink, glabrous, not glandular-puncate or glandular-punctate with punctae ± uniformly distributed, scarcely accrescent;

tepals 5, connate ca. 1/3 their length, obovate, 3–3.6 mm, veins not prominent, not anchor shaped, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded;

stamens 5–7, included;

anthers pink or red, ovate;

styles 2, connate proximally.

included or apex exserted, brown to brownish black or black, 3-gonous, 1.5–3 × 1–2.3 mm, shiny, smooth.

included, dark brown to brownish black, biconvex, 2–2.2 × 1.3–1.6 mm, shiny, smooth.