Flora of North America species comparison

ascending, densely imbricate;

blade linear, 4–15 × 1–1.5(–2) mm, margins entire or glandular-serrulate, surfaces usually glabrous.

spreading, not imbricate;

blade linear, 5–20 × 1–2 mm, margins entire or finely serrulate, glabrous.

corymbiform, 1–14-flowered.

spikelike, 8–30-flowered.

5–25 mm, glandular;

bracteoles 2.

10–15 mm, glandular;

bracteoles 2.

usually erect;

sepals broadly ovate, 2–3 mm, margins ciliate, abaxial surface glabrous;

corolla pink, campanulate, not constricted at mouth, 5–8 mm, not glandular, lobes spreading, 1.5–2.5 mm;

stamens 10, included;

filaments 1.5–3 mm, glabrous;

anthers 1.5–2.5 mm;

ovary broadly ovoid, 1.5–2 mm, glandular;

style exserted, 5–7 mm.

nodding;

sepals narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 3–4.5 mm, margins ciliate distally, glabrous abaxially;

corolla white, pink, or purplish, campanulate, not constricted at mouth, 7–9 mm, not glandular, lobes recurved, 3–4 mm;

stamens 9–10, exserted;

filaments 5–8 mm, ciliate proximally;

anthers purple, 1.5–2.5 mm;

ovary globose, 1–2 mm, densely glandular;

style exserted, 6–8 mm.

5-valved, globose, 3–4 mm, glandular.

5-valved, globose, 3–3.5 mm, glandular-hairy.