Flora of North America species comparison

rarely with ascending lateral branches to 2.5 cm.

rarely present, swollen, ascending to 2 cm.

blade linear to very narrowly lanceolate, 1–9.8 ×0.1–0.9 cm, dilated at base, margins entire or very sparsely serrulate.

blade narrowly oblanceolate, 1.5–5.5 × 0.2–0.7 cm, dilated at base, margins sparsely and evenly serrulate.

opening near sunrise;

floral tube 1.6–3.2 mm;

sepals 4.5–8 mm;

petals 5–18 mm; episepalous filaments 1.8–3.2 mm, epipetalous filaments 0.8–1.6 mm;

sterile projection of ovary 6–45 mm;

style 3–5.5 mm, short-hairy near base;

stigma 1–1.6 mm diam., surrounded by anthers of longer stamens at anthesis.

opening near sunrise;

floral tube 0.8–1.3 mm;

sepals 1.6–2.8 mm;

petals 2–5 mm; episepalous filaments 0.8–1 mm, epipetalous filaments 0.2 mm;

sterile projection of ovary 5.5–12 mm;

style 1–2.2 mm, glabrous;

stigma 0.3–0.6 mm diam., surrounded by anthers of long and short stamens.

irregularly obovoid, sharply 4-angled, thick-walled, somewhat woody, with pointed wing near center-top of each valve, 4–8 × 2.6–4.8 mm, tardily dehiscent in distal 1/3.

irregularly obovoid, thick-walled, somewhat woody, sharply 4-angled, with pointed wing near center-top of each valve, 5–7 × 4.5–7 mm, tardily dehiscent in distal 1/2 only.

tan with dark splotches, obovoid, 1.2–2 mm.

brown, narrowly obovoid, 1.2–2 mm.

= 14.

= 14.