Stems procumbent or trailing, glabrous or hairy. Leaf blades elliptic or linear to lanceolate, 20–45 × 2–8 mm, surfaces hairy. Inflorescences 2–5-flowered or flowers solitary; bracteoles scalelike, 1–3(–5) mm. Flow­ers: sepals ovate-lanceolate, 6–9 × 3–5 mm, abaxial surface pilose, villous, glabrate, or glabrous; corolla white, 14–20 mm; stamens: filaments villous near base; style branches connate only at base.

Distribution

se United States.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Stylisma patens var. angustifolia, Stylisma patens var. patens

Key

1	Leaf blades 6–8 mm wide, length 4–6 times width; sepals: abaxial surfaces pilose or villous.	Stylisma patens var. patens
1	Leaf blades 2–3(–5) mm wide, length 7–15 times width; sepals: abaxial surfaces glabrous or glabrate.	Stylisma patens var. angustifolia