Flora of North America species comparison

root-stocks, ascending, much-branched, bearing rosettes.

decumbent, branched basally, (fleshy), with numerous decumbent branchlets, not forming rosettes.

erect or decumbent, simple or branched, 4–30(–40) cm;

leaf blades oblanceolate, spatulate, obovate, or suborbiculate, base not spurred;

offsets not formed.

(axillary), erect, simple or branched, 5–10 cm;

leaf blades ovate, base not spurred;

offsets not formed.

alternate, erect to spreading, sessile;

blade green, glaucous or not, not pruinose, oblanceolate, spatulate, or obovate, subterete or somewhat flattened, 10–50 × (4.5–)6–33 mm, base not spurred, not scarious, apex truncate to rounded or obtuse, emarginate or barely notched.

(persistent), alternate, spreading, sessile;

blade yellow-green, not glaucous, ovate, subterete, somewhat flattened, 5–8 × 3–4 mm, (thick, turgid), base not spurred, not scarious, apex apiculate, (surfaces minutely papillose, caused by reflections of inner facets of windowed cells).

elongate, paniculate cymes, 12–80-flowered, monochasially 3+-branched;

branches not recurved, 2-forked;

bracts similar to leaves, smaller.

cymes, 6–12-flowered, simple or 2-branched, sometimes with short branch at base with solitary flower;

branches not recurved, sometimes forked;

bracts similar to leaves, smaller.

0.6–6.3 mm.

absent or to 0.5 mm.

5-merous;

sepals erect, (closely appressed to corolla tube), slightly connate basally, pale green, ovate or lanceolate, equal, (2–)2.6–5.1 × 2 mm, apex acute or subacute, (rarely obtuse in var. flavidum);

petals basally erect, divergent in distal 1/2, connate basally, pink, pinkish white, or white to yellowish white, lanceolate-oblong, oblanceolate-oblong, or elliptic-oblong, not carinate, 4–11 mm, apex obtuse, shortly mucronate or aristate;

filaments white, greenish white, or pink;

anthers red, reddish purple, red-brown, or yellow;

nectar scales white, yellow, or pink, reniform or transversely oblong.

(4–)5-merous;

sepals spreading to reflexed, distinct, yellow-green, lanceolate, unequal, ca. 2 × ca. 0.8 mm, apex obtuse;

petals spreading, nearly distinct, bright yellow, lanceolate, canaliculate, ca. 4 mm, apex acute;

filaments color unknown;

anthers color unknown;

nectar scales pale yellow, oblong.

erect in fruit, distinct, brown.

spreading, distinct, tan to reddish.

= 28.