Flora of North America species comparison

basal and cauline, (basal persistent, compact);

petiole absent (cuneate base ± petiolelike);

blade oblanceolate to obovate, (2–)3(–5)-toothed or shallowly lobed apically, rarely unlobed (distal often so), (lobes forwardly directed), (2–)4–15 mm, slightly fleshy, margins entire, stipitate glandular-ciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrate to stipitate-glandular.

cauline;

petiole absent;

blade linear to narrowly oblong, unlobed [with 2 toothlike lobes distally], 3–22 mm, succulent, margins entire, spinose-ciliate, sometimes eciliate, with 1(–5) lime-secreting hydathodes (not sunk in pits, secretions not obvious), apex obtuse or apiculate, surfaces glabrous.

(2–)6–15(–40)-flowered thyrses, (1–)4–25 cm, densely purple-tipped stipitate-glandular;

bracts sessile.

2–15-flowered cymes or thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 2–15[–20] cm, glabrous or clear-tipped stipitate-glandular;

bracts sessile.

sepals erect, (usually reddish purple), ovate or triangular to oblong, margins stipitate glandular-ciliate, surfaces stipitate-glandular;

petals white, not spotted, obovate to oblanceolate, (2–)3–6 mm, equaling or longer than sepals;

ovary inferior.

sepals spreading, triangular, margins eciliate, surfaces glabrous;

petals yellow to orange, sometimes orange-spotted, elliptic, 3–7 mm, ± equaling or exceeding sepals;

ovary 1/2 inferior.

= 22.

= 26.