Flora of North America species comparison

creeping and ascending, branched, not bearing rosettes.

erect, much-branched, bearing basal rosettes.

creeping or ascending, simple, 10–25 cm;

leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate-elliptic, base short-spurred;

offsets not formed.

erect, simple or branched from base, 2–10 cm;

leaf blades elliptic-oblong to linear, base short-spurred;

offsets not formed.

in whorls of 3, spreading, sessile;

blade pale yellowish green, not glaucous, narrowly rhombic-elliptic to widely lanceolate, subterete, 10–25 × 4–6 mm, base spurred, not scarious, apex subacute.

alternate, ascending, sessile;

blade pea green, not glaucous, elliptic-oblong to linear, semiterete with flattened adaxial face, 3–8 × 1.4–1.9 mm, base short-spurred, not scarious, apex obtuse.

dense cymes or corymbs, 8–40-flowered, (1–)2–4-branched;

branches spreading to widely ascending, sometimes forked;

bracts similar to leaves, smaller.

dense to congested corymbs, 3–10-flowered, 2–3-branched;

branches not recurved, not forked;

bracts similar to leaves, smaller.

absent or to 0.5 mm.

3–8 mm.

5-merous;

sepals spreading, distinct basally, green, widely lanceolate to oblong, often unequal, 3.5–5 × 0.8–1.5 mm, apex acute or obtuse;

petals spreading, slightly connate, yellowish, lanceolate to oblong, not carinate, 5–8 mm, apex long-mucronate;

filaments yellow;

anthers reddish;

nectar scales orange, rectangular-spatulate.

5-merous;

sepals erect, distinct, green speckled with red or dark purple, lanceolate or ovate-elliptic, equal, 2–4 × 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse, (glandular-hairy);

petals stellately spreading, distinct, pink-red with darker midvein area abaxially, elliptic-ovate, not carinate basally, 3–4.5 mm, apex acute, (rarely glandular-hairy);

filaments white;

anthers red;

nectar scales red, reniform or subquadrate.

stellately patent in fruit, distinct, yellow-green.

erect in fruit, distinct, bright yellowish green turning dark wine-red.

= ca. 72.

= 30.