Flora of North America species comparison

rhizomatous, procumbent or creeping, much-branched, bearing terminal rosettes.

erect, diffusely branching from base (hypocotyl extremely long), not bearing rosettes.

erect, simple, 3–14 cm;

leaf blades spatulate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, base not spurred;

offsets not formed.

erect, simple or branched, 2.5–6 cm;

leaf blades oblong-elliptic or ovate to lanceolate, base short-spurred;

offsets not formed.

alternate, spreading, petiolate;

blade green, often glaucous or pruinose, spatulate, terete to laminar, 7–19 × 4.5–10 mm, base not spurred, not scarious, apex rounded or truncate, submucronate, (surfaces papillose marginally).

(proximal leaves soon falling), alternate, ascending to nearly erect, petiolate (petiole 0.5–1.5 mm);

blade light green, often reddish tinged, not glaucous, oblong-elliptic or ovate to lanceolate, terete, 1.6–4.3(–12) × 1.1–1.8 mm, base short-spurred, not scarious, apex rounded with minutely papillose tip, (surfaces minutely papillose).

cymes, ca. 30-flowered, ca. 3-branched;

branches not recurved, forked;

bracts oblong-spatulate or linear, ca. 3 cm, base not spurred.

terminal cymes, (2–)3–6-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, simple or 1-branched;

branches recurved in bud, becoming erect in flower, forked;

bracts similar to leaves.

2–8 mm.

0.6–3.1 mm, (continuous with calyx tube).

5-merous;

sepals spreading to erect, connate basally, green or yellow-green, glaucous or pruinose, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, oblong-ovate, or obovate, equal, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, apex acute or obtuse;

petals widely spreading from short, erect base, distinct or slightly connate basally, yellow, linear to oblanceolate, not carinate, 4.5–9 mm, apex acute;

filaments yellow;

anthers yellow;

nectar scales yellow, reniform or nearly square.

(3–)4(–7)-merous;

sepals erect, connate basally, green, broadly ovate to reniform, equal, ca. 0.5 × 1 mm, apex rounded;

petals divergent, distinct, white, ovate-elliptic, slightly channeled, 1.4–4.2 mm, apex obtuse;

filaments white to pale reddish;

anthers dark red;

nectar scales white or pale yellow, subquadrate.

divergent in fruit, connate basally, brown.

widely divergent in fruit, distinct, pale brown.

= 30.

= 8.