Flora of North America species comparison

simple, 5–15 cm, pubescent and viscid, with stipitate glands.

ascending, scarcely branched, 8–20(–30) cm, softly pubescent, stipitate-glandular or eglandular, rarely glabrate.

basal with blade 1-veined, oblanceolate, broadly spatulate, 1–4 cm × 2–8 mm, apex obtuse to acute, glandular-puberulent throughout, rarely subglabrous adaxially;

cauline in 3–6 pairs, sessile, reduced distally, blade lanceolate, narrowly elliptic, or oblanceolate, 2–4 cm × 2–8 mm, apex ± acute, glandular-puberulent throughout.

mostly basal, petiolate, 3–12 cm (including petiole);

cauline leaves in 2–4 pairs, those of mid and distal stem sessile, shorter and narrower;

blade narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, base spatulate into winged petiole, apex acute to obtuse, glabrous, puberulent or pilose on both surfaces and frequently stipitate-glandular, at least petioles usually ciliate.

usually with solitary terminal flower, sometimes cymose, to 8-flowered, open.

(1–)3–15-flowered, open, bracteate;

bracts foliaceous.

erect or angled near tip with flowers slightly nodding, 1–3 times longer than calyx, glandular-puberulent, often densely so.

ascending or erect, 0.2–0.8(–1.5) cm, densely pubescent and frequently stipitate-glandular.

calyx prominently 10-veined, campanulate, not contracted proximally around carpophore, 15–20 × 4–8 mm, papery, margins dentate, veins parallel, usually purple tinged, with pale commissures;

lobes ovate, 3–5 mm, glandular-puberulent, midrib triangular, margins purple tinged, broad, membranous, apex obtuse;

corolla bright pink, clawed, claw equaling calyx, broad and ligulate but abruptly contracted into limb, limb broadly cuneate, shallowly to deeply 2–4-lobed, 5–15 mm, lobes broad or narrow, appendages absent or to 2 mm, margins erose;

stamens slightly longer than corolla claw;

stigmas 3(–5), slightly longer than corolla claw.

calyx usually green, prominently 8–10-veined, in flower narrowly tubular, lobed, narrowed proximally around carpophore, 15–22 × to 5 mm, becoming broader and clavate in fruit, pilose or stipitate-glandular, veins parallel, with pale commissures, lobes round, 1–3 mm, margins usually purple tinged, broad, membranous;

petals spreading, usually bright pink, rarely white, broadly to narrowly obovate, 2 times longer than calyx, base tapered into ciliate claw equaling or slightly longer than calyx, margins entire or shallowly lobed and crenulate, auricles absent, appendages oblong, unlobed, 1.5–2 mm;

stamens equaling claw;

filaments glabrous;

styles 3(–4), ultimately slightly exceeding claw.

equaling calyx, opening by 6 (or 8 or 10) lanceolate teeth;

carpophore 1–2.5 mm.

ellipsoid to obovoid, 8–10 mm, equaling calyx, opening by 6 (or 8) recurved teeth;

carpophore 5–8 mm.

brown, broadly reniform, flattened, 2–2.5 mm, rugose, more coarsely so on margins.

dark brown, reniform-rotund, 1.3–1.5 mm, coarsely and evenly papillate.

= 96.