Flora of North America species comparison

spreading to decumbent or procumbent, much-branched, stout, rarely filiform, distal portion glandular-pubescent.

ascending to decumbent, much-branched, filiform, glabrous or sometimes glandular-pubescent.

axillary fascicles absent;

basal rosette or tuft of ascending leaves usually present;

basal blades linear, 10–30 mm, succulent, apex apiculate, glabrous;

cauline leaves conspicuously connate basally, forming shallow, scarious cup, blade linear, fleshy, apex apiculate, glabrous;

proximal blades 6–15(–20) mm, distal blades rarely subulate, (2.5–)3.5–7(–9) mm.

axillary fascicles absent;

basal sometimes in rosettelike whorl, withering early;

cauline leaves connate basally, proximal blades linear, 4–8(–12) mm, not fleshy, apex aristate, with hyaline portion of leaf base long-ciliate, cilia occasionally occurring length of leaf (sometimes lacking cilia), distal blades linear to subulate, 1–3 mm toward apex.

slender to stout, glabrous or glandular-pubescent distally.

filiform, glandular-pubescent.

axillary, 5-merous;

calyx bases glabrous or glandular-pubescent;

sepals ovate to orbiculate, (2–)2.5–3.5 mm, hyaline margins whitish, occasionally purple tinged on margins or apex, apex obtuse to rounded, glabrous or glandular-pubescent, remaining appressed following capsule dehiscence;

petals elliptic to nearly orbiculate, (1.5–)2–2.5(–3) mm, shorter than sepals;

stamens 10.

axillary, sometimes terminal, 4-merous, very rarely 4- and 5-merous;

calyx glandular-pubescent;

sepals ovoid to elliptic, sometimes lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm, hyaline margins white, apex somewhat acute, glandular-pubescent, divergent at capsule dehiscence;

petals nearly always absent, minute if present;

stamens 4(–5).

(3–)3.5–4.5 mm, exceeding sepals, dehiscing ca. 1/4 length.

1.5–2(–2.5) mm, equaling or barely longer than sepals, dehiscing to base.

reddish brown, reniform with abaxial groove absent, plump, 0.5 mm, smooth or slightly pebbled.

brown, obliquely triangular with abaxial groove, 0.3–0.4 mm, smooth, pebbled, or frequently papillose.

= 12.