Flora of North America species comparison

erect or more commonly spreading to prostrate.

spreading to prostrate.

blades spatulate to oblanceolate or linear, 1–5(–9) × 0.2–0.7(–2) cm.

blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 1–6(–8) × 0.3–1.2(–1.8) cm.

open, 0.5–4 dm;

bracts mostly 2–8 × 1–3 mm, awns 0.8–1 mm.

diffuse, 0.5–2 dm;

bracts 3–8 × 0.5–1.5 mm, awns 0.2–0.5 mm.

erect to spreading, 0.5–1.5 cm, glabrous except sparsely glandular proximally.

erect, 0.1–1 cm, sparsely glandular or glabrous, otherwise absent.

concolored, broadly turbinate, 3–8 mm, sparsely glandular;

teeth 5(–6), connate 1/3–1/2 their length;

awns greenish to reddish, 0.3–2 mm.

concolored, narrowly to broadly turbinate, 4–7 mm, sparsely glandular;

teeth 5(–6), connate ca. 1/2 their length;

awns greenish to reddish, 0.3–1 mm.

3–5(–10);

perianth white to pink or reddish, 2.5–4 mm;

tepals oblong, 3-lobed apically 1/3–1/2 their length, lobes sometimes laciniate;

filaments 1–4 mm;

anthers red to maroon, ellipsoid to oval, 0.5–0.7 mm.

2–3;

perianth greenish yellow to reddish, 1–2 mm;

tepals broadly oblanceolate, 3-lobed apically 1/5 their length, lobes not laciniate;

filaments 0.8–1.2 mm;

anthers red, oval, 0.2–0.4 mm.

golden-brown, 1.2–2 mm.

golden to red-brown, 1.2–1.5 mm.

= 40.

= 40.