Flora of North America species comparison

decumbent, branched, bearing erect rosettes.

ascending, simple or branched, sometimes bearing rosettes.

erect, decumbent, or ascending, simple, 3–12 cm;

leaf blades ovate-elliptic, base not spurred;

offsets not formed.

erect, simple, 6–23 cm;

leaf blades linear, base with 2 sagittate spurs (unique in this species);

offsets not formed.

opposite and decussate (rarely alternate), ascending, sessile;

blade pale green, speckled with pink, sometimes pink or red, glaucous, usually elliptic, oblanceolate, or obovate, sometimes ovate-elliptic, subterete, ± globular, 4.2–7.2 × 2.8–4.3 mm, base not spurred, (clasping), not scarious, apex widely rounded or sometimes weakly emarginate, (surfaces minutely papillose).

alternate, spreading, sessile;

blade pale yellow-green, not glaucous, linear to oblanceolate or spatulate, subterete, 5–32 × 1.5–5 mm, base sagittately short-spurred, not scarious, apex obtuse to rounded, (surfaces papillose in rosette).

cymes, 2–7-flowered, 2-branched;

branches not recurved, forked;

bracts similar to leaves, smaller.

cymes, 10–40-flowered, 3-branched;

branches secund or recurved, not forked;

bracts absent or similar to leaves, smaller.

to 1.2 mm.

to 1 mm.

5-merous;

sepals erect, connate basally, pale green, glaucous, lanceolate, equal, 2–4.2 × 1.3–2 mm, apex obtuse, (papillose);

petals basally erect, distally spreading, connate basally, yellow, elliptic-lanceolate, slightly carinate, 6–9 mm, apex obtuse with mucronate appendage;

filaments yellow;

anthers yellow, (sometimes compressed and winged);

nectar scales yellow, orange-red, or salmon-pink, reniform to square.

4(–7)-merous;

sepals erect, distinct, light green, linear-lanceolate, unequal, 1.3–5.8 × 0.5–1.5 mm, apex acute or obtuse;

petals erect or subdivergent, distinct, white to purple, narrowly linear-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, carinate and slightly channeled basally, 4–10 mm, apex acute or obtuse;

filaments white or pinkish;

anthers red or purple;

nectar scales white, pinkish white, or yellow, square.

erect or ascending in fruit, connate basally, straw colored with purple stripes.

spreading in fruit, distinct, light brown.

= 14–18.

= 22, ca. 42.