Flora of North America species comparison

prostrate or ascending, brown, branched, rooting at nodes, not wiry, 10–100 cm, glabrous, covered with remains of lacerate, hyaline ocreae.

prostrate to ascending, brown, branched, gnarled, not wiry, 5–40 cm, glabrous.

crowded at branch tips, articulated to ocreae, basal leaves caducous or persistent, distal leaves not reduced in size;

ocrea 15–20 mm, glabrous, proximal part cylindric to funnelform, distal part silvery, entire or slightly lacerate, disintegrating into persistent white-gray curly fibers;

petiole 0–0.5 mm;

blade 1-veined, without pleats, linear to oblanceolate, (5–)10–20(–33) × 3–8 mm, coriaceous, margins revolute, smooth, apex acute or mucronate.

± uniformly distributed, articulated to ocreae, basal leaves caducous or persistent, distal leaves not reduced in size;

ocrea 3–5 mm, glabrous, proximal part cylindric, distal part membranous, deciduous with leaves;

petiole 0–0.5 mm;

blade 1-veined, without pleats, lanceolate to elliptic, 5–25 × 2–5 mm, coriaceous, margins revolute, smooth, apex acute.

axillary;

cymes crowded in distal axils, 2–5-flowered.

axillary;

cymes in distal axils, 2–6-flowered.

enclosed in ocreae, erect to spreading, 2–5 mm.

enclosed in or slightly exserted from ocreae, erect, 2–4 mm.

semi-open or open;

perianth (4.5–)6–10 mm;

tube 22–48% of perianth length;

tepals partially overlapping, uniformly pink or white, reddish brown when dried, petaloid, oblong-ovate to ± lanceolate, apex rounded;

midveins pinnately branched;

stamens 8.

open or semi-open;

perianth 5–9 mm;

tube 7–15% of perianth length, tepals partially overlapping, uniformly pink or white, petaloid, ovate to ovate-round, apex rounded;

midveins with numerous branched lateral veins;

stamens 8.

enclosed in or slightly exserted from perianth, black, ovate, 4–5 mm, faces subequal, shiny, smooth.

enclosed in or slightly exserted from perianth, brown, narrowly ovate, 3–4 mm, faces subequal, shiny, smooth.