Flora of North America species comparison

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

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

erect, simple, 3–14 cm;

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

offsets not formed.

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

leaf blades ovate, base not 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).

(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).

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

branches not recurved, forked;

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

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.

2–8 mm.

absent or to 0.5 mm.

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.

(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.

divergent in fruit, connate basally, brown.

spreading, distinct, tan to reddish.

= 30.

= 28.