Flora of North America species comparison

not thickened basally, glabrous or somewhat canescent proximally.

erect or ascending, rooting at proximal nodes, glabrous or sparsely hirsute.

lanceolate, 5.9-12.2 × 1.1-2.4 cm, base rounded-obtuse to acuminate, margins denticulate, apex acuminate.

bracts linear or lanceolate.

receptacle glabrous;

sepals 5, spreading or sometimes reflexed from base, 3-5 × 2-3 mm, glabrous;

petals 5, 5-8 × 2-3 mm;

nectary scales glabrous.

short-ovoid to depressed-globose, 5-7 × 4-8 mm;

achenes 1.8 × 1.2-1.4 mm, glabrous;

beak lanceolate, straight, 0.6-1.2 mm.